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CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

ACTIVE PROJECT

Multifunctional agroforestry for enhancing biodiversity, improving livelihoods, and creating resilient landscapes in Ethiopian highlands

Multifunctional agroforestry for enhancing biodiversity, improving livelihoods, and creating resilient landscapes in Ethiopian highlands

Duration: December 2023 - October 2026

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Description

The project generates evidence on how highland systems in Ethiopia could be improved for a more biodiverse future that supports improved livelihoods and poverty reduction. By comparing traditional and modern agroforestry systems in four regions of Ethiopia, the project implements a suite of knowledge-based multifunctional agroforestry systems on homesteads, farmland areas, and model rural resource centres to promote uptake of multifunctional agroforestry. The project generates scalable tools, approaches, knowledge products and capacity building for thousands of highland farmers. As part of the project we also develop a strategy, partnerships and infrastructure to lay the foundation for further land restoration, biodiversity protection, poverty alleviation, and improved ecosystem resilience.

Aster Gebrekirstos

Principal Investigator

Details

Project locations

Ethiopia

Project duration

December 2023 - October 2026
(2 years, 11 months)

Thematic areas

  • Ethiopia

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

  • Life on land
  • Responsible consumption and production
  • Climate action

Flagship Products (FP)

  • Co-Designing Smallholder Agroforestry Management Tool (COSAM)
  • Guidance on Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA)

Project team

Aster Gebrekirstos

Scientist

Niguse Hagazi

Interim Ethiopia Country Rep

Funders

Partners