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Draft genome sequence of Kei apple, an underutilized African tree crop Open

Robert Kariba, Bernice Waweru, Isaac Njaci, Linly Banda, Jenniffer Mwangi , et al. · 2025

Opportunity Crop Indicators: Assessing the Climate Adaptation Potential of Opportunity Crops in Africa Open

Kevin Karl, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Dilys S. MacCarthy, Jaron Porciello, Lynnette M. Neufeld , et al. · 2024

Global dependence on a few well-researched staple crops exacerbates systemic vulnerabilities to climate change and does not encourage bio- or dietary diversity. The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils aims to strengthen African food systems…

Reference vegetation for restoration? Three vegetation maps compared across 76 nature reserves in Uganda and Kenya Open

Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Davide Barsotti, James Kalema, Paulo van Breugel, Fabio Pedercini , et al. · 2024

Forest and landscape restoration are increasingly popular nature‐based solutions to mitigate climate change and safeguard biodiversity. Restoration planning and monitoring implies that a reference ecosystem has been defined to which the re…

Supporting better forest landscape restoration by making investor funding for tree planting conditional on an adequate explanation of how tree seeds and seedlings will be sourced Open

Roeland Kindt, Sammy Carsan, Lars Graudal, Ramni Jamnadass, Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø , et al. · 2023

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GlobalUsefulNativeTrees, a database documenting 14,014 tree species, supports synergies between biodiversity recovery and local livelihoods in landscape restoration Open

Roeland Kindt, Lars Graudal, Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Fabio Pedercini, Paul Smith , et al. · 2023

Blind spots obscure understanding of how forests affect human health Open

Todd S. Rosenstock, Dominic Rowland, Zara Liew, Katie Hickson, Lilly Zeitler , et al. · 2023

The role of basic sciences in addressing global challenges to sustainable development: experiences from CIFOR-ICRAF Open

Eureka Adomako, Leigh Winowiecki, Aster Gebrekirstos, Ramni Jamnadass · 2023

Human-induced global challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and broken food systems, militate against the attainment of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Centre for Internation…

GlobalUsefulNativeTrees, a database of 14,014 tree species, supports synergies between biodiversity recovery and local livelihoods in restoration Open

Roeland Kindt, Lars Graudal, Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Fabio Pedercini, Paul Smith , et al. · 2023

Tree planting has the potential to improve the livelihoods of millions of people as well as to support environmental services such as biodiversity preservation. Planting however needs to be executed wisely if benefits are to be achieved. W…

GlobalUsefulNativeTrees, a database of 14,014 tree species and their uses, supports synergies between biodiversity recovery and local livelihoods in landscape restoration Open

Roeland Kindt, Lars Graudal, Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Fabio Pedercini, Paul Smith , et al. · 2022

Tree planting has the potential to improve the livelihoods of millions of people as well as to support environmental services such as biodiversity preservation. Planting however needs to be executed wisely if benefits are to be achieved. W…

Transforming food systems with trees and forests Open

Amy Ickowitz, Stepha McMullin, Todd S. Rosenstock, Ian K. Dawson, Dominic Rowland , et al. · 2022

The global food system is failing to deliver sufficient and nutritious food to all, while damaging the earth and unsustainably drawing down its resources. We argue that trees and forests are essential to solving these challenges. We outlin…

State of ex situ conservation of landrace groups of 25 major crops Open

Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Colin K. Khoury, Harold Achicanoy, Maria Victoria Diaz, Andres C. Mendez , et al. · 2022

Chromosome evolution and the genetic basis of agronomically important traits in greater yam Open

Jessen V. Bredeson, Jessica B. Lyons, Ibukun O. Oniyinde, Nneka R. Okereke, Olufisayo Kolade , et al. · 2022

Replication Data for: State of ex situ conservation of landrace groups of 25 major crops Open

Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Colin K. Khoury, Harold Achicanoy, Maria Victoria Diaz, Andres C. Mendez , et al. · 2022

Crop landraces have unique local agroecological and societal functions and offer important genetic resources for plant breeding. Recognition of the value of landrace diversity and concern about its erosion on farms have led to sustained ef…

Trees as hotspots: Using forests, trees, and agroforestry to foster diverse sustainable landscapes Open

Vincent Gitz, Jianchu Xu, Lu YuanChang, Elaine Springgay, Illias Animon , et al. · 2022

Forests, trees, and agroforestry (FTA) are ecosystem hotspots. They exemplify the contributions of biodiversity to sustainable and resilient landscapes, green circular economy and to sustainable agriculture and food systems for healthy die…

‘Systems approach’ plant breeding illustrated by trees Open

Lars Graudal, Ian K. Dawson, Iago Hale, W. Powell, Prasad S. Hendre , et al. · 2021

The linkage in new and creative ways of existing plant breeding methods responsive to different global trends and values provides a 'systems approach' to address a broad set of global production challenges more effectively. Here, we illust…

Genomic Resources to Guide Improvement of the Shea Tree Open

Iago Hale, Xiao Ma, Arthur Melo, Francis Kwame Padi, Prasad S. Hendre , et al. · 2021

A defining component of agroforestry parklands across Sahelo-Sudanian Africa (SSA), the shea tree ( Vitellaria paradoxa ) is central to sustaining local livelihoods and the farming environments of rural communities. Despite its economic an…

Chromosome evolution and the genetic basis of agronomically important traits in greater yam Open

Jessen V. Bredeson, Jessica B. Lyons, Ibukun O. Oniyinde, Nneka R. Okereke, Olufisayo Kolade , et al. · 2021

The nutrient-rich tubers of the greater yam Dioscorea alata L. provide food and income security for millions of people around the world. Despite its global importance, however, greater yam remains an “orphan crop.” Here we address this res…

Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development Open

Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Ian K. Dawson, Lars Graudal, Ramni Jamnadass · 2021

Tree planting in agroforestry and wider restoration work often relies on poor quality tree seed. However, the high demand for tree seed from large global restoration commitments and a new focus on accountability provide the opportunity for…

Contribution of forests and trees to food security and nutrition Open

Vincent Gitz, N. Pingault, A. Meybeck, A. Ickowitz, Steve L. McMullin , et al. · 2021

Because the expansion of agriculture (crop and livestock), and therefore food production, has been both historically and presently realized at the expense of forests, food security and forests are often perceived as antagonistic, and their…

Conservation of Tree Biodiversity and Sustainable Forest Management Open

Barbara Vinceti, Evert Thomas, Riina Jalonen, Guariguata M.R., Laura K. Snook , et al. · 2021

FTA, the world's largest research for development partnership on forests, trees and

Food Security and Nutrition Open

Amy Ickowitz, Stepha McMullin, Dawson I.K., Sunderland T.C.H., Bronwen Powell , et al. · 2021

FTA’s research provides strong evidence of how forests, agroforestry systems and other multifunctional landscapes contribute to food security and nutrition. They contribute a diversity of nutritious foods, ecosystem services that support a…

Book of Abstracts: FTA 2020 Science Conference Open

Vincent Gitz, A. Meybeck, F. Ricci, B. Belcher, Michael A. Brady , et al. · 2021

The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) organized over 10 days from 14 to 25 September 2020 its decadal conference. The fully digital event titled Forest, trees and agroforestry science for transformational chan…

Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems Open

Stepha McMullin, Barbara Stadlmayr, Kai Mausch, Cesar Revoredo‐Giha, F. J. Burnett , et al. · 2020

Nutritious ‘orphan’ crops could (re)diversify African food systems, but appropriate means to bring this about are required. A review of the literature on crop intervention options suggested success and failure factors in promotion, but ind…

Generation of open-source genomics resources for African orphan tree crops by African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC), a public-private partnership for promoting food and nutritional security in Africa Open

Prasad S. Hendre, Alice Muchugi, Yukon Chang, Yunlin Fu, Yaoyao Song , et al. · 2020

© 2020 International Society for Horticultural Science. All rights reserved. The growing African population needs a substantial increase in food production along with nutritious food options to address hunger, malnutrition and stunting. Th…

Trees, tree genetic diversity and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics Open

Ian K. Dawson, Caleb Orwa, Anne Mette Lykke, Stepha McMullin, Roeland Kindt , et al. · 2020

This study, prepared within the ambit of The State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources, reviews what is known about the value of trees for tropical rural communities. It focuses on non-timber products harvested from trees in natural an…

From Tree Planting to Tree Growing: Rethinking Ecosystem Restoration Through Trees Open

Lalisa Duguma, Peter A. Minang, Ermias Aynekulu, Sammy Carsan, Judith Nzyoka , et al. · 2020

Every year, millions of dollars are spent on tree-based landscape restoration activities. Over the last five decades, there are few success stories of such interventions and even those do not match the anticipated objectives for which the …

Draft Genomes of Two Artocarpus Plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis) Open

Sunil Kumar Sahu, Min Liu, Anna Yssel, Robert Kariba, Samuel Muthemba , et al. · 2019

Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for thousands of years…

Draft Genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis) Open

Sunil Kumar Sahu, Min Liu, Anna Yssel, Robert Kariba, Sanjie Jiang , et al. · 2019

Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit ( A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit ( A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for thousands of yea…

Tree-to-tree variation in fruits of three populations of Trichoscypha acuminata (Engl.) in Cameroon Open

Alain Tsobeng, Michael Akem, Marie-Louise Avana, Alice Muchugi, Ann Degrande , et al. · 2019

A Planetary Health Perspective on Agroforestry in Sub-Saharan Africa Open

Todd S. Rosenstock, Ian K. Dawson, Ermias Aynekulu, Susan Chomba, Ann Degrande , et al. · 2019

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