The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is the international leader in agroforestry - the science and practice of integrating ‘working trees’ on smallholder farms and in rural landscapes. Agroforestry is an effective and innovative means to reduce poverty, create food security, and improve the environment. The Centre and its many partners provide improved, high quality tree seeds and seedlings, and the knowledge A complex construction of information and individual experience with an interrelatedsocial and environmental dimension. (N.B. many different interpretations of knowledgeexist, and this is one preferred in this Toolkit) needed to use them effectively. We combine excellence in scientific research and development to address poverty, hunger and environmental needs through collaborative programmes and partnerships that transform lives and landscapes, both locally and globally.
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