Education Networks

Agroforestry is increasingly being recognized as an important aspect on integrated natural resources management (INRM). This constitutes a new challenge to training and education institutions that have been used to strict disciplinary boundaries in their programmes. As the global demand for capacity building in agroforestry and INRM exceeds by a large margin what the World Agroforestry Centre alone can deliver, an effective and sustainable way of delivering the knowledge we gather through research is to work with national training and education institutions.

This is the background to the formation of two very successful education networks —the African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE) and Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry Education (SEANAFE). The networks bring together educators in all aspects of agriculture and natural resources management. Among other things, they coordinate activities and share experiences geared at education policy changes, review of curricula, training of trainers, developing educational materials, and linking with research and extension. The networks are the World Agroforestry Centre's partners in the implementation of capacity building efforts at all levels, from strengthening researchers through graduate programmes to farmer training.