An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations ( research institutes ) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body.
5-633: World Agroforestry (a brand name used by the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry , ICRAF ) is an international institute headquartered in Nairobi , Kenya , and founded in 1978 as "International Council for Research in Agroforestry". The centre specializes in the sustainable management , protection and regulation of tropical rainforest and natural reserves. It is one of 15 agricultural research centres which makes up
10-678: A university or other institutions of higher education , either as a group of departments or an autonomous educational institution without a traditional university status such as a "university institute" (see Institute of Technology ). In some countries, such as South Korea and India , private schools are sometimes referred to as institutes; also, in Spain , secondary schools are referred to as institutes. Historically, in some countries, institutes were educational units imparting vocational training and often incorporating libraries, also known as mechanics' institutes . The word "institute" comes from
15-593: The Latin word institutum ("facility" or "habit"), in turn derived from instituere ("build", "create", "raise" or "educate"). In the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man , the term "institute" is a protected word and companies or other organizations may only use the word if they are "organisations which are carrying out research at the highest level or to professional bodies of the highest standing". Furthermore, if
20-663: The centre acquired the World Agroforestry Centre brand name, although International Centre for Research in Agroforestry remains its legal name and it continues to use the acronym ICRAF . In 2017, ICRAF released a study at the UN Climate Change Conference that centers on agroforestry and the emission of carbons from deforestation. This ecology -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Institute In some countries, institutes can be part of
25-497: The global network known as the CGIAR . The centre conducts research in agroforestry , in partnership with national agricultural research systems with a view to developing more sustainable and productive land use. The focus of its research is countries/regions in the developing world, particular in the tropics of Central and South America , Southeast Asia , South Asia, West Africa, Eastern Africa and parts of central Africa . In 2002,
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