Plant Resources of Tropical Africa

PROTA has offices in 10 countries in Africa and Europe. The two major coordinating offices are located in Nairobi (Kenya) and Wageningen (the Netherlands). The PROTA Network Office Africa is hosted at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), and the Network Office Europe at Wageningen University.

The Network Office Africa coordinates 6 Regional Offices in Uganda (East Africa), Malawi (Southern Africa), Madagascar (Indian Ocean Islands), Gabon (Central Africa), Burkina Faso (Francophone West Africa) and Ghana (Anglophone West Africa). Initially focusing on the country of domicile, the Regional Offices will gradually spread out their wings to neighbouring countries by means of national Contact Persons.

The Network Office Europe coordinates 2 Country Offices in France and England. The eleventh partner is the PROSEA Foundation in Indonesia.

PROTA PARTNERS

• World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya
• Makerere University, Uganda
• National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi
• Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Madagascar
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Gabon
• Centre National de Semences Forestières, Burkina Faso
• Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
• Agropolis International, France
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
• Wageningen University, the Netherlands
• PROSEA Foundation, Indonesia