CIFOR-ICRAF has worked in Tanzania since the mid-1980s, focusing on agroforestry options for climate change adaptation and mitigation, strengthening rural institutions for sustainable natural resources management, and improving food security and nutrition, and bioenergy, land rehabilitation.  

More recently, CIFOR-ICRAF has been active in supporting development of the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) guideline for Tanzania and National Agroforestry Strategy to increase productivity income and climate resilience in the agriculture sector.  

COUNTRY FOCAL POINT

Anthony Kimaro

Country Representative, Tanzania

Key outcomes

• CIFOR-ICRAF has contributed to the development of national agroforestry strategy, Climate Climate Smart Guideline for Tanzania and the draft strategies for Allanblanckia and cocoa development to guide in propagation, cultivation, market development and conservation.
• More than 2,500 farmers in Tanga and Morogoro regions now grow and benefit from Allablanckia stuhlmanni, an underutilized indigenous tree with oil-rich seeds used in the food processing industry, thanks to the establishment of a domestication and value chain development programme through public-private partnerships.
• Over 250,000 hectares of land have been restored in the Shinyanga Region of Northern Tanzania with the support of CIFOR-ICRAF efforts to rehabilitate land for sustained agricultural productivity, livestock production and improved rural livelihoods through the integration of traditional knowledge and engagement of multiple stakeholders.
• Through training, on-farm research and adoption, more than 30,000 farmers with various agroforestry technologies (indigenous and scientific) produced and disseminated knowledge products for various audiences and over 46 graduate students and interns have been trained since 2010.

Latest updates

Publications

Publication

2024

Autonomous conservation: A literature review of concepts, local practices, and their relevance in the tropics

Publication

2024

Terminal evaluation of the East and Southern Africa forest observatory (OFESA) project

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2024

Does dairy intensification threaten livelihood diversity in East Africa?

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Videos

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CIFOR-ICRAF scientist Lisa Fuchs presenting on ABCD, agroecology and gender

06 Oct 2022

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ICRAF GeoScience Lab launches new Android App Africa Tree Finder

08 Aug 2019

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Janice Mutui on planting trees and restoring snow on Mount Kilimanjaro

12 Sep 2018

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Presentations

Presentation

Mangrove governance and tenure: Insights for policy and practice from selected sites in Indonesia, Tanzania and a global review

19 Jul 2017

Presentation

Local participation in REDD+: Lessons from Cameroon, Tanzania, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil and Peru

24 Feb 2016

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Benefit and burden sharing in forest conservation and REDD+: A conceptual framework

15 Aug 2014

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Podcasts

Podcasts

Quality not quantity: Wild foods give new dimension to nutrition woes in Tanzania

15 Oct 2013

Podcasts

Quality not quantity: Wild foods give new dimension to nutrition woes in Tanzania

15 Oct 2013

News

News

Forest data project expands into regional leadership

15 Aug 2024

News

In Katavi National Park, rangers step up wildlife monitoring with camera trap training

31 Jul 2024

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New Centre of Excellence promotes conservation and climate-smart action in Eastern and Southern Africa

30 Jul 2024

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