The Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry Education (SEANAFE), through its national networks in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Lao PDR, and Malaysia, has been organizing a biennial International Conference on Agroforestry to serve as a platform for sharing recent developments in various aspects of agroforestry.
Agroforestry is a land use management system that combines the production of short-term crops and woody perennials in the same unit of land, to address the socioeconomic productivity of the farmers while ensuring ecological stability within the farms and across the landscape. Because of its economic and ecological contributions, agroforestry is always considered the main production technology for climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security, and forest landscape restoration, among others. Several researches and literature claim that agroforestry promotes sustainable livelihoods and resilience among smallholder farmers.
Agroforestry, being a nature-positive production system contributes to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals such as SDG 1 (No Poverty ); SDG 2 (Zero Hunger); SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities ); SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production ); SDG 13 (Climate Action ); SDG 15 (Life on Land ); and SDG 17 (Partnership for the Goals ).
Thus, the 5th International Conference on Agroforestry will convene researchers, academe, development workers, extensionists, policymakers, students, and practitioners to highlight the role of agroforestry in the attainment of SDGs.
Objectives
The 5
th ICAF is being organized to serve as a platform for the exchange of scientific information about agroforestry education, research, and development. Specifically, it aims to :
- Highlight initiatives in mainstreaming agroforestry education in the academic programs of various universities and institutions
- Share results of agroforestry research and development with emphasis on agroforestry’s ecosystem services, and its role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable production and consumption, and food security;
- Provide a venue for articulating issues and challenges in agroforestry research, development, and extension; and,
- Strengthen individual and institutional collaborations for enhancing agroforestry promotion towards the achievement of SDGs.
Sub-themes
- Recent developments in agroforestry education
- Role of agroforestry in climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Potentials of agroforestry in ensuring food security
- Ecosystems services of agroforestry