Author Bicanic, J & Raae, K. (eds.)

Year of publication 2013

This manual is a reference guide, containing a wealth of practical information when engaging in farm forestry; everything from establishment of a nursery, design and management of plantations, agroforestry systems, natural forest management, to details on pests, diseases, and common trees for planting. It is used in combination with the Master trainer guide during ToT trainings. The main aim of the technical manual is to function as a reference book for trainers: For (1) the field facilitators trained in ToT when preparing farmer field schools and for (2) future master trainers when preparing a new ToT in farm forestry. The manual is comprised of four parts: (A) design and management of plantations; (B) agroforestry; (C) natural forest management; and (D) introduction to some common commercial plantation forestry species.