The aims of these meetings were to provide RAIN Members the opportunity to meet each other at a working agroforestry system, to provide a forum for new entrants, farmers, advisors to see and hear presentations from experienced practitioners, to summarise the survey results on barriers to uptake, innovative practices and existing solutions for the gaps […]
Rosa Mosquera, coordinator of AFINET, presented the talk “Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems in Europe: Afforestation, Reforestation and Agroforestry” in the International Conference “Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area from aspiration to action” held in the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, on 20-22 February. This international conference, organized by the Collaborative Partnership on […]
The second Finnish Regional Agroforestry Innovation Network meeting was held on the 12th of February in the METLA-house in Joensuu. The meeting was hosted by Michael den Herder (Innovation Broker) and Henri Vanhanen from the Natural Resources Institute Finland. Twelve stakeholders (farmers, advisors, researchers) attended the meeting. During the morning session there were presentations on the […]
The second Polish Regional Agroforestry Innovation Network meeting was held on 24th January 2018, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m in the Central Agicultural Advisory Centre at Brwinów, Mazovian voivodship. Robert Borek and Małgorzata Gałczyńska chaired the meeting. A total of 28 stakeholders attended the 2nd RAIN meeting, more than 1/3 of them being practitioners (farmers/foresters). […]
Thirty-nine participants attended the meeting among the stakeholders of the local olive oil value chain, including olive growers, researchers, oil mills, consultants and consumers. The work went on for a whole day spent in the name of sharing and participation. The workshop’s objective has been focused on: developing knowledge and strengthening the dissemination of agroforestry […]
