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ASIA-PACIFIC AGROFORESTRY NEWSLETTER

NO. 22 AUGUST 2003

 
 

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PRODUCTION. Patrick Durst and Philip McKenzie (Editorial Consultants), Leah Arboleda and Eileen Calaycay-Cardona (Editors), Rowena Cabahug, Perseveranda Tubig, Reinelen Reyes and Consolacion Lampa (Production Assistants)

COVER PHOTO. Former radio technician turned farmer Benjamin Molit of Cebu, Visayas, Philippines, and his family, was able to transform a rocky and unproductive two hectare land to a self-sufficient agroforestry farm. (Photos courtesy of the UPLB Institute of Agroforestry)

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DEAR READERS

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH

Using Dalbergia sissoo in agroforestry systems in India
Agroforestry research and education in India

AGROFORESTRY PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Understanding silvopastoral systems
Practicing agroforestry in the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, Philippines
Participatory agroforestry: the Perur, India experience

OPINION

Exploring the synergy of agroforestry and ecotoursim
Some things that agroforestry can do alongside ecotourism

AGROFORESTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PAFERN: collectively charting the path for agroforestry development and promotion in the Philippines
Philippines Organizes First National Agroforestry Congress
Agroforestry training courses for 2003
Agroforesters invited to First World Congress of Agroforestry in Orlando, Florida, USA
ICRAF invites agroforesters to tree domestication training
ISCO 2004 to be held in Australia

LETTERS

USEFUL WEB SITES

NEW PUBLICATIONS

FORSPA publishes Nepal forestry handbook
CABI Publishing announces new books
ICRAF offers book on property rights and collective action for natural resources management

New titles from FAO