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Tree improvement: Improving planting material used in forest management and restoration in Rwanda

Tree improvement: Improving planting material used in forest management and restoration in Rwanda

The objective of the current study is to review and provide recommendations for tree improvement in Rwanda, including identifying potential improvements in the productivity of current privately- and publicly-owned forests, by addressing, among other things, low stocking of existing forests and the poor genetic quality of planting material.

Synthesis report can be accessed: here



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TI  - Tree improvement: Improving planting material used in forest management and restoration in Rwanda 
AU  - Graudal, L. 
AU  - Pedercini, F. 
AU  - Kindt, R. 
AU  - Lillesø, J-P.B. 
AU  - Ngethe, E. 
AU  - Jamnadass, R. 
AB  - The objective of the current study is to review and provide recommendations for tree improvement in Rwanda, including identifying potential improvements in the productivity of current privately- and publicly-owned forests, by addressing, among other things, low stocking of existing forests and the poor genetic quality of planting material.
Synthesis report can be accessed: here 
PY  - 2025 
PB  - CIFOR-ICRAF 
PP  - Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya 
UR  - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/44987/ 
KW  - agroforestry, conservation, crop production, genetic resources, native species, planting trees, resilience, sustainable forestry, trees 
ER  -
%T Tree improvement: Improving planting material used in forest management and restoration in Rwanda 
%A Graudal, L. 
%A Pedercini, F. 
%A Kindt, R. 
%A Lillesø, J-P.B. 
%A Ngethe, E. 
%A Jamnadass, R. 
%D 2025 
%I CIFOR-ICRAF 
%C Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya 
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/44987/ 
%X The objective of the current study is to review and provide recommendations for tree improvement in Rwanda, including identifying potential improvements in the productivity of current privately- and publicly-owned forests, by addressing, among other things, low stocking of existing forests and the poor genetic quality of planting material.
Synthesis report can be accessed: here 
%K agroforestry 
%K conservation 
%K crop production 
%K genetic resources 
%K native species 
%K planting trees 
%K resilience 
%K sustainable forestry 
%K trees