The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
The Solwezi, Zambia Masterclass was held from the 5th to 8th December, 2016 to introduce Landcare to the area, build local capacities and to support cross-learning. The class was organised by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in collaboration with Australian Landcare International (ALI), the African Landcare Network (ALN), the Copperbelt University (CBU), Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) and the Ministry of Agriculture Zambia, through financial support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the Crawford Fund in Australia.
The anticipated outcomes of the Masterclass included:
- Provide a platform to facilitate shared learning’s of Landcare between participants with existing and non-existing Landcare programs both within Zambia and across the region.
- To meet the learning needs of groups and country Landcare programs in order to have a significant impact upon the development of these programs over the short and long term. Specific focus will be paid to Solwezi groups and their capacity needs.
- To further develop the Landcare, grassroots land restoration program for Southern Africa.
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