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Seminar series “Agroecology in the Caribbean”
FAO in collaboration with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) – Trinidad, is pleased to invite you to the fourth seminar/webinar:

Agroforestry in integrated farming systems for sustainable food production in the Caribbean

Wednesday October 3rd, 2018
TIME: 9.30 -11.00 am Caribbean time (AST)
3.30 – 5.00 pm Rome time (GMT+2)
At CAB International, Curepe, Trinidad (Training Room)

or online at
http://fao.adobeconnect.com/rsztle29wmjq/

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Agroforestry (AF) is the integration of trees with crop and livestock production. The addition of trees to a parcel of land mimicking the natural ecosystem achieves several objectives. Primarily, it benefits biodiversity as the agroforesty system becomes more diverse. AF has the potential to improve the livelihoods of rural families, reduce poverty and mitigate land degradation. It is one of the most commonly recommended land use strategies to increase the adaptive capacity of rural families to the vagaries of climate change. AF is increasingly being recognized as a key land use for the provision of environmental services, such as carbon sequestration, watershed protection and improving soil health.

The webinar will introduce an overview of the state of AF in the Caribbean and will propose a strategy to mainstream AF to simultaneously improve the livelihoods of the rural families and the environment. The strategy includes a basket of agroforestry technologies for farmers to choose from according to their local cultural and biophysical conditions. The overall goal of this presentation is to foster a critical debate towards the diversification towards AF in the Caribbean within the context of agroecology.

About the speaker:

Luis Orozco-Aguilar holds a PhD in Ecosystems and Forest Sciences from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has more than 15 years of experience in consultancy, teaching, research and technical advocacy to several development projects and private industries in Central America and the Caribbean. He has published various educational and training material focused on farmer field schools, technical guidelines and research publications regarding sustainable cultivation of coffee and cacao, forest managements and the assessment of value chains. He is currently working as an independent consultant focused advancing agroforestry policy, research and innovations in Central America.


The link for the webinar is:

http://fao.adobeconnect.com/rsztle29wmjq/

In case you have any technical questions about the webinar, please contact:
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We look forward to your participation! Please see the agenda below.


Agenda
Seminar series “Agroecology in the Caribbean”
Agroforestry in integrated farming systems for sustainable food production in the Caribbean

Moderator:    Mr. Naitram Ramnanan, Regional Representative, Caribbean and Central America CABI.

9.30-9.40       Opening: Relevance of agroecology – FAO’s view
Ms. Beate Scherf, Programme Officer, Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, FAO Rome
9.40-10.25       Agroforestry in integrated farming systems for sustainable food production in the Caribbean
Dr. Luis Orozco-Aguilar–Agroforestry Consultant, Central America
10.25 -10.50    Discussion

10.50-11.00     Closing remarks
Dr. Vyjayanthi Lopez, FAO Caribbean


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