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Seed Production Guidelines for Tropical Tree Legumes
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Any discussion about tree seed production must consider the adage “garbage in equals garbage out”. If you plant junk seeds you will inevitability harvest junk trees. Junk refers to inferior tree seeds derived mainly from inbreeding, collected from a narrow genetic base and uncontrolled hybridization. Junk also arises from indiscriminate seed collection from non-superior trees. […]
Community-based Tree Seed Production with Desmodium rensonii and Flemingia macrophylla
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Agroforestry for the Pacific Technologies A publication of the Agroforestry Information Service September 1995, Number 13 Community-based forestry and agroforestry programs around the world reforest denuded lands, protect valuable watersheds and produce indispensable tree products for local needs. These programs begin planting operations with a commodity of small size but great importance – seed! Adequate […]
The Greatest Value for a Winrock Volunteer
April 18, 2018|volunteer
Preparing for a Farmer-to-Farmer assignment, my third in Mali and twelfth overall, created a sense of excitement and anticipation. Bara Kassambara, Winrock Country Director for Mali, is a F2F professional who makes every aspect of an assignment go smoothly for volunteers. Over time, Bara and I have become very good friends, beginning with my first […]
SUCCESS STORY: Community-Based Forest Management in Nghe An Province
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Nghe An province is located in the north central coast of Vietnam. It is the largest province in the country, covering 1,649,270 hectares. The province contains over 888,695 ha of forestland, mainly located in the western areas of the province. Nghe An has a large area of natural and planted forests which covers 71.6% of […]
Seed Treatment and Inoculation
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Agroforestry for the Pacific Technologies A publication of the Agroforestry Information Service July 1995, Number 12 To germinate and grow, seeds must absorb water. The seeds of many tree species have waxy or thick “seed coats” that inhibit water absorption and thus delay germination. Seedcoats dissolve slowly in several ways. Exposure to sun, rain and […]
Trees and Shrubs for Agroforestry on Atolls
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Agroforestry for the Pacific Technologies A publication of the Agroforestry Information Service July 1995, Number 11 Agroforestry is a traditional practice on many atolls. A wide variety of native and naturalized tree species have been and continue to be used by atoll inhabitants for multiple purposes i.e. construction, compost, fuelwood, human food, animal fodder, medicine […]
Selecting and testing nitrogen fixing trees for acid soils
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Agroforestry for the Pacific Technologies A publication of the Agroforestry Information Service December 1994, Number 10 Acid soils-the problem How to practice low-input sustainable agriculture on marginal soils is a dilemma for small-scale farmers and government agencies responsible for providing technical assistance. This dilemma is greatest in tropical countries where population pressure is intense and […]
Power Switch
April 13, 2018|post
By Chris Warren Less than half of Nigeria’s 186 million people have access to electricity. But in the rural village of Gbamu Gbamu, newly installed utility poles and wires act as markers of a brighter future, powered by a new solar minigrid. The grid, an effort of local developers Rubitec Solar and Winrock’s USAID-funded Renewable […]
Fuelwood production in the South Pacific
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Agroforestry for the Pacific Technologies A publication of the Agroforestry Information Service December 1994, Number 9 Trees and forests are an important part of island resources. Trees can help the environment and provide the opportunity for future development activities. The importance of trees and forests is well known to Pacific Islanders. Traditionally valued as a […]
Fodder bank establishment and management
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Agroforestry for the Pacific Technologies A publication of the Agroforestry Information Service April 1994, Number 8 Fodder Bank Establishment and Management Livestock play an important role in most small scale farming systems throughout the world. They provide traction to plow fields, manure which maintains crop productivity, and nutritious food products for human consumption. In most […]