7/ These conversations continue at #COP30 in Belém, where the CIFOR-ICRAF team will continue to showcase the power of trees to transform landscapes, support livelihoods, and strengthen climate resilience.
Learn more 🔗: bit.ly/4qwlyF8
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
Learn more 🔗: bit.ly/4qwlyF8
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
7/ These conversations continue at #COP30 in Belém, where the CIFOR-ICRAF team will continue to showcase the power of trees to transform landscapes, support livelihoods, and strengthen climate resilience.
Learn more 🔗: bit.ly/4qwlyF8
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
Learn more 🔗: bit.ly/4qwlyF8
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
6/ Costa Rica will host the 7th World Congress on Agroforestry.
A big thank you to all participants, partners, and colleagues for making #WCA2025 a resounding success.
#Trees4Resilience
A big thank you to all participants, partners, and colleagues for making #WCA2025 a resounding success.
#Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
6/ Costa Rica will host the 7th World Congress on Agroforestry.
A big thank you to all participants, partners, and colleagues for making #WCA2025 a resounding success.
#Trees4Resilience
A big thank you to all participants, partners, and colleagues for making #WCA2025 a resounding success.
#Trees4Resilience
5/ The International Union for Agroforestry announced its new president, Dr. Javed Rizvi, CIFOR-ICRAF Principal Advisor for Asia.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
5/ The International Union for Agroforestry announced its new president, Dr. Javed Rizvi, CIFOR-ICRAF Principal Advisor for Asia.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
4/ CIFOR-ICRAF’s Aster Gebrekirstos led the announcement of the African Agroforestry Union, a platform uniting stakeholders to share ideas, knowledge, and amplify the collective voice of #agroforestry in Africa.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
4/ CIFOR-ICRAF’s Aster Gebrekirstos led the announcement of the African Agroforestry Union, a platform uniting stakeholders to share ideas, knowledge, and amplify the collective voice of #agroforestry in Africa.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
3/ CIFOR-ICRAF CEO,
@elianeubalijoro.bsky.social joined Hon. Bernadette Arakwiye and @patrickworms.bsky.social in awarding the best poster presenters, celebrating innovation, creativity, and the next generation of #agroforestry leaders.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
@elianeubalijoro.bsky.social joined Hon. Bernadette Arakwiye and @patrickworms.bsky.social in awarding the best poster presenters, celebrating innovation, creativity, and the next generation of #agroforestry leaders.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
3/ CIFOR-ICRAF CEO,
@elianeubalijoro.bsky.social joined Hon. Bernadette Arakwiye and @patrickworms.bsky.social in awarding the best poster presenters, celebrating innovation, creativity, and the next generation of #agroforestry leaders.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
@elianeubalijoro.bsky.social joined Hon. Bernadette Arakwiye and @patrickworms.bsky.social in awarding the best poster presenters, celebrating innovation, creativity, and the next generation of #agroforestry leaders.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
2/ Key moments from the closing ceremony:
CIFOR-ICRAF Africa Director, Peter Minang, joined the closing panel, highlighting the importance of making #agroforestry profitable to increase uptake and impact.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
CIFOR-ICRAF Africa Director, Peter Minang, joined the closing panel, highlighting the importance of making #agroforestry profitable to increase uptake and impact.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
2/ Key moments from the closing ceremony:
CIFOR-ICRAF Africa Director, Peter Minang, joined the closing panel, highlighting the importance of making #agroforestry profitable to increase uptake and impact.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
CIFOR-ICRAF Africa Director, Peter Minang, joined the closing panel, highlighting the importance of making #agroforestry profitable to increase uptake and impact.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
1/ The World Congress on Agroforestry has concluded, wrapping up an inspiring week of knowledge exchange, collaboration, and celebration.
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
1/ The World Congress on Agroforestry has concluded, wrapping up an inspiring week of knowledge exchange, collaboration, and celebration.
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
Savanna Institute staff members Lily Hislop and Jenn Ripp are attending the 6th World Congress on Agroforestry #WCA2025 this week in Kigali, Rwanda! Lily and Jenn presented posters about their work and took part in sessions, field tours, and networking opportunities at the event, which ends today.
1/ Taking the learnings from the conference halls to the field.
On Day 3 of #WCA2025, participants went on field trips to explore local projects in Rwanda, including the Green Gicumbi Project in the country’s northern region.
#Trees4Resilience
On Day 3 of #WCA2025, participants went on field trips to explore local projects in Rwanda, including the Green Gicumbi Project in the country’s northern region.
#Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Savanna Institute staff members Lily Hislop and Jenn Ripp are attending the 6th World Congress on Agroforestry #WCA2025 this week in Kigali, Rwanda! Lily and Jenn presented posters about their work and took part in sessions, field tours, and networking opportunities at the event, which ends today.
#WCA2025 Highlights 🎥
During a field trip in Gicumbi District, we saw firsthand how farms have shifted from monocrops to intercropping, with trees protecting riverbanks, controlling wind in tea plantations, and supporting beneficial species.
#Trees4Resilience
During a field trip in Gicumbi District, we saw firsthand how farms have shifted from monocrops to intercropping, with trees protecting riverbanks, controlling wind in tea plantations, and supporting beneficial species.
#Trees4Resilience
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#WCA2025 Highlights 🎥
During a field trip in Gicumbi District, we saw firsthand how farms have shifted from monocrops to intercropping, with trees protecting riverbanks, controlling wind in tea plantations, and supporting beneficial species.
#Trees4Resilience
During a field trip in Gicumbi District, we saw firsthand how farms have shifted from monocrops to intercropping, with trees protecting riverbanks, controlling wind in tea plantations, and supporting beneficial species.
#Trees4Resilience
Agroforestry combines trees, crops, and livestock farming on the same land.
Trees coexist with crops, offering valuable resources like fodder and fuel to farms. They also provide essential ecosystem services like shade and #soil conservation.
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
Trees coexist with crops, offering valuable resources like fodder and fuel to farms. They also provide essential ecosystem services like shade and #soil conservation.
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Agroforestry combines trees, crops, and livestock farming on the same land.
Trees coexist with crops, offering valuable resources like fodder and fuel to farms. They also provide essential ecosystem services like shade and #soil conservation.
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
Trees coexist with crops, offering valuable resources like fodder and fuel to farms. They also provide essential ecosystem services like shade and #soil conservation.
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
This Coffee Agroforestry Training Handbook is designed for extensionists & trainers working with smallholder farmers.
It provides guidance to establish coffee #agroforestry systems tailored to Uganda’s landscapes.
Download:👉 http://bit.ly/3EQIFqM
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
It provides guidance to establish coffee #agroforestry systems tailored to Uganda’s landscapes.
Download:👉 http://bit.ly/3EQIFqM
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This Coffee Agroforestry Training Handbook is designed for extensionists & trainers working with smallholder farmers.
It provides guidance to establish coffee #agroforestry systems tailored to Uganda’s landscapes.
Download:👉 http://bit.ly/3EQIFqM
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
It provides guidance to establish coffee #agroforestry systems tailored to Uganda’s landscapes.
Download:👉 http://bit.ly/3EQIFqM
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
At #WCA2025 in Kigali, IUCN Rwanda showcased the TREPA Project’s impact: 28–30K ha of farmland & 7K ha pasture restored, 17.8M seedlings planted, 289K fruit trees to 72K households, 236K people adopting climate-smart practices. ecoagrimedia.rw/2025/10/23/t...
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
At #WCA2025 in Kigali, IUCN Rwanda showcased the TREPA Project’s impact: 28–30K ha of farmland & 7K ha pasture restored, 17.8M seedlings planted, 289K fruit trees to 72K households, 236K people adopting climate-smart practices. ecoagrimedia.rw/2025/10/23/t...
2/ The visit offered a closer look at how communities are restoring degraded hillsides, protecting watersheds, and improving livelihoods through #Agroforestry and sustainable land management.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
2/ The visit offered a closer look at how communities are restoring degraded hillsides, protecting watersheds, and improving livelihoods through #Agroforestry and sustainable land management.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
1/ Taking the learnings from the conference halls to the field.
On Day 3 of #WCA2025, participants went on field trips to explore local projects in Rwanda, including the Green Gicumbi Project in the country’s northern region.
#Trees4Resilience
On Day 3 of #WCA2025, participants went on field trips to explore local projects in Rwanda, including the Green Gicumbi Project in the country’s northern region.
#Trees4Resilience
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
1/ Taking the learnings from the conference halls to the field.
On Day 3 of #WCA2025, participants went on field trips to explore local projects in Rwanda, including the Green Gicumbi Project in the country’s northern region.
#Trees4Resilience
On Day 3 of #WCA2025, participants went on field trips to explore local projects in Rwanda, including the Green Gicumbi Project in the country’s northern region.
#Trees4Resilience
Some pictures of the field tour, visiting sites of the Green Gicumbi project #WCA2025 during the World Congress on #Agroforestry in Rwanda 🇷🇼. Tree planting in tea plantations, beautiful forests of « pegs » to grow climbing beans, made of branches from Grevillea robusta and other tree species.
October 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Some pictures of the field tour, visiting sites of the Green Gicumbi project #WCA2025 during the World Congress on #Agroforestry in Rwanda 🇷🇼. Tree planting in tea plantations, beautiful forests of « pegs » to grow climbing beans, made of branches from Grevillea robusta and other tree species.
“The Great Green Wall is not only restoring degraded landscapes - it’s strengthening knowledge, collaboration, & impact. It shows what’s possible when strong partnerships come together to create meaningful change for people & the planet.” @elianeubalijoro.bsky.social
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“The Great Green Wall is not only restoring degraded landscapes - it’s strengthening knowledge, collaboration, & impact. It shows what’s possible when strong partnerships come together to create meaningful change for people & the planet.” @elianeubalijoro.bsky.social
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
Integrating trees into farms offers environmental, economic, & social benefits.
This study assessed nine native tree species for their #agroforestry potential, focusing on compatibility with beans & maize in non-forest areas.
Read: 🔗 https://bit.ly/47nzgCs
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
This study assessed nine native tree species for their #agroforestry potential, focusing on compatibility with beans & maize in non-forest areas.
Read: 🔗 https://bit.ly/47nzgCs
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
October 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Integrating trees into farms offers environmental, economic, & social benefits.
This study assessed nine native tree species for their #agroforestry potential, focusing on compatibility with beans & maize in non-forest areas.
Read: 🔗 https://bit.ly/47nzgCs
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
This study assessed nine native tree species for their #agroforestry potential, focusing on compatibility with beans & maize in non-forest areas.
Read: 🔗 https://bit.ly/47nzgCs
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
Blending technical and local knowledge helps restore soils and livelihoods
CIFOR-ICRAF supports communities through training, planting events, & knowledge exchanges focused on #agroforestry systems & productive restoration.
Read: 🔗 http://bit.ly/4d2QExH
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
CIFOR-ICRAF supports communities through training, planting events, & knowledge exchanges focused on #agroforestry systems & productive restoration.
Read: 🔗 http://bit.ly/4d2QExH
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Blending technical and local knowledge helps restore soils and livelihoods
CIFOR-ICRAF supports communities through training, planting events, & knowledge exchanges focused on #agroforestry systems & productive restoration.
Read: 🔗 http://bit.ly/4d2QExH
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
CIFOR-ICRAF supports communities through training, planting events, & knowledge exchanges focused on #agroforestry systems & productive restoration.
Read: 🔗 http://bit.ly/4d2QExH
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
3/ From cassava yield and soil trade-offs to microclimate regulation and tree management in parklands, the studies presented practical solutions for resilient landscapes across Central Africa.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
3/ From cassava yield and soil trade-offs to microclimate regulation and tree management in parklands, the studies presented practical solutions for resilient landscapes across Central Africa.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
2/ Moderated by CIFOR-ICRAF’s Richard Sufo, the session featured experts and young scientists from Central Africa sharing how #agroforestry supports soil health, crop productivity, and sustainable livelihoods.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
2/ Moderated by CIFOR-ICRAF’s Richard Sufo, the session featured experts and young scientists from Central Africa sharing how #agroforestry supports soil health, crop productivity, and sustainable livelihoods.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
1/At the World Congress on Agroforestry, the CIFOR-ICRAF booth hosted an engaging session showcasing agroforestry research and innovation from Central Africa.
#WCA2025 #Agroforestry #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Agroforestry #Trees4Resilience
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
1/At the World Congress on Agroforestry, the CIFOR-ICRAF booth hosted an engaging session showcasing agroforestry research and innovation from Central Africa.
#WCA2025 #Agroforestry #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Agroforestry #Trees4Resilience
📆It's DAY 3 of the #WCA2025! Join us!
Agroforestry is more than planting trees; it delivers climate action, biodiversity & stronger livelihoods.
Check out this infographic for key #Agroforestry practices & how they work on the ground.
🔗: http://bit.ly/4nNlVt1
#Trees4Resilience
Agroforestry is more than planting trees; it delivers climate action, biodiversity & stronger livelihoods.
Check out this infographic for key #Agroforestry practices & how they work on the ground.
🔗: http://bit.ly/4nNlVt1
#Trees4Resilience
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📆It's DAY 3 of the #WCA2025! Join us!
Agroforestry is more than planting trees; it delivers climate action, biodiversity & stronger livelihoods.
Check out this infographic for key #Agroforestry practices & how they work on the ground.
🔗: http://bit.ly/4nNlVt1
#Trees4Resilience
Agroforestry is more than planting trees; it delivers climate action, biodiversity & stronger livelihoods.
Check out this infographic for key #Agroforestry practices & how they work on the ground.
🔗: http://bit.ly/4nNlVt1
#Trees4Resilience
5/ From policy dialogues to on-the-ground research, Day 2 reflected the depth and diversity of agroforestry work advancing across regions.
#Agroforestry2025 #Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
#Agroforestry2025 #Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
5/ From policy dialogues to on-the-ground research, Day 2 reflected the depth and diversity of agroforestry work advancing across regions.
#Agroforestry2025 #Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
#Agroforestry2025 #Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
4/ Mulugeta Mokria shared insights on homestead agroforestry for food, economic, and ecoclimatic stability, while Tesfaye Berhanu explored patterns and drivers of agroforestry adoption.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
4/ Mulugeta Mokria shared insights on homestead agroforestry for food, economic, and ecoclimatic stability, while Tesfaye Berhanu explored patterns and drivers of agroforestry adoption.
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
3/ And more from our team:
• Sammy Carsan – Agroforestry options for Women Shellfishery Communities in Ghana and The Gambia
• Sailesh Nakkana – Tree-based enterprise incubation models
• Fabio Pedercini – Priority landscapes for restoration in Rwanda
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
• Sammy Carsan – Agroforestry options for Women Shellfishery Communities in Ghana and The Gambia
• Sailesh Nakkana – Tree-based enterprise incubation models
• Fabio Pedercini – Priority landscapes for restoration in Rwanda
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
3/ And more from our team:
• Sammy Carsan – Agroforestry options for Women Shellfishery Communities in Ghana and The Gambia
• Sailesh Nakkana – Tree-based enterprise incubation models
• Fabio Pedercini – Priority landscapes for restoration in Rwanda
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025
• Sammy Carsan – Agroforestry options for Women Shellfishery Communities in Ghana and The Gambia
• Sailesh Nakkana – Tree-based enterprise incubation models
• Fabio Pedercini – Priority landscapes for restoration in Rwanda
#Trees4Resilience #WCA2025