agroforestry a decade of development

[...]... exchange programme of agroforestry germplasm initiated as soon as feasible This latter means also that suitable 18 AGROFORESTRY: A DECADE OF DEVELOPMENT quarantine provision should be in place to facilitate the safe international movement of plant material It is evident from this brief analysis of ICRAF over the past decade that there have been three milestones for it and for agroforestry First and... nurture at the national level the awareness of the contribution of agroforestry and the need to develop a national mechanism to be a focal point for agroforestry activities The diagnosis and design methodology has a key role to play in this process | Agroforestry was beset with much anecdotal material It was clear that we were dealing with an old practice, but what was not clear, however, was the degree of. .. habits Plots of no more than one-tenth of a hectare contained, on average, two dozen different species of plants each with a different form, together corresponding to the layered configuration of mixed tropical forests: coconut or papaya with a lower layer of bananas or citrus, a shrub layer of coffee or cacao, tall and low annuals such as maize, and finally a spreading ground cover of plants such as... debate by objectively assessing various policy and tenure alternatives Educational and training programmes in agroforestry are key requirements as we move into this second decade of agroforestry development There are an increasing number of universities, both in the tropical areas and in the temperate, that are beginning to offer programmes in agroforestry; some are at the undergraduate and some at... diagnosis and design Agroforestry Systems 5:219-250 Steppler, H A 1981 A strategy for the International Council for Research in Agroforestry Nairobi: ICRAF Steppler, H .A and J.B Raintree 1983 The ICRAF research strategy in relation to plant science research in agroforestry In P A Huxley (ed.), Plant Research and Agroforestry Nairobi: ICRAF Torres, F 1987 The ICRAF approach to international co-operation Agroforestry. .. and post-graduate in agroforestry Of course, any person with a first degree in agroforestry might also pursue post-graduate studies There is no basis upon which to judge one avenue as being better than another, although certain situations might favour a particular sequence of study ICRAF has as part of its mandate a responsibility to provide training in agroforestry It has already provided much training... indeed of becoming a land-management system (as opposed to a narrow forestry system) in its own right It would appear at first glance that a quite disparate set of factors has contributed to the now general acceptance of agroforestry as a system of land management that is applicable both in the farm and in the forest Among these factors were re-assessment of the development policies of the World Bank... initiate some preliminary studies ICRAF AND A DECADE OF AGROFORESTRY DEVELOPMENT 21 Finally, before euphoria completely clouds rational thinking and attainable expectations for agroforestry, let us return to reality Agroforestry will not save the world—it is not the panacea for the ills of land misuse There are undoubtedly many benefits to be gained from an agroforestry intervention but there may—in fact... potential of agroforestry for soil conservation is generally accepted Indeed, agroforestry is fast becoming recognized as a system which is capable of yielding both wood and food and at the same time of conserving and rehabilitating ecosystems * John G Bene, Chairman (Canada); M.S Swaminathan, Vice-Chairman (India); Kenneth F.S King, Director-General (Guyana); Jacques Diouf (Senegal); Robert F Chandler... agroforestry and such may, in fact, never emerge Rather, we shall probably have three avenues of development for agroforesters: one would be via an undergraduate programme in agroforestry, which might be in a faculty of forestry or of agriculture; a second could be via an undergraduate degree in agriculture with postgraduate training in agroforestry; and a third could be the converse, namely undergraduate in . fields and active in the promotion of agroforestry. Some are scientists actively engaged in research in a particular facet of agroforestry; some are active in the application of agroforestry as a. would appear at first glance that a quite disparate set of factors has contributed to the now general acceptance of agroforestry as a system of land management that is applicable both in the farm. the layered configuration of mixed tropical forests: coconut or papaya with a lower layer of bananas or citrus, a shrub layer of coffee or cacao, tall and low annuals such as maize, and finally