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Courses and workshop in 1999
 
Training-of-trainers course
Agroforestry for improved land use and livelihood systems in Southeast Asia
08-20 March 1999, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Introduction
A 5-year DSO/ICRAF global project (1997-2002) ‘Strengthening Training and Education in Agroforestry'  aims at further strengthening the already considerable efforts undertaken by national and regional institutions in their agroforestry training and education programmes and activities, leading to the widespread adoption of agroforestry as an alternative land use system. The aim is to devolute and regionalize short term ‘Agroforestry Research for Development’ training courses, as regularly organised in Nairobi (Kenya), in the 6 eco-regions were ICRAF is active while supporting ongoing initiatives of our partners. Southeast Asia was among the first regions where this global project is carried out.

The course
The training of trainer’s course on ‘Agroforestry for improved land use and livelihood systems in Southeast Asia’ took place from 8-20 March 1999 in Chiang Mai, Thailand and was hosted by the Forest Resources Department at the Faculty of Agriculture of Chiang Mai University.

Course set-up was modular and largely based on the recommendations of a planning workshop held at IPB in Bogor, Indonesia from 10-13 August 1998. There was a general request to include a module on Training and education methodologies and on Community participation in natural resources management.This course was thus a bit different from the 'classical'  ‘Agroforestry Research for Development’ training courses, where a main focus is on the teaching of recent agroforestry research results.  The agroforestry part consisted of recent Advances on agroforestry research in Southeast Asia and a 3-day field based practical exercise.

Acknowledgement
This course was made possible through the generous support of DSO of  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Directorate General International Cooperation (DGIS) Cultural Cooperation, Education and Research Department Education and Developing Countries Division (DCO/OO).

Bruno Verbist
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Course modules

Module 1: Training and education methodologies
1. Participatory Curriculum Development
2. Adult learning approaches
3. Training Needs Assessment
4. Training Evaluation
5. Training Material Development
6. Course Organization
7. Technology Diffusion and Communication
8. Farmer-to-farmer extension

Module 2: Advances in Agroforestry
1. New trends in Agroforestry Research
2. ICRAF’s SEA research program and Alternatives for Slash-and-Burn
3. Tree-Soil-Crop interactions
4. Soil and water conservation
5. Indigenous fallow management
6. Complex agroforests
7. Domestication of Agroforestry Trees
8. Policy Research
9. Agroforestry Development case studies

Module 3: Community participation in natural resources management
1. Participatory Project Development
2. Community Organizing
3. Introduction to the Characterization process
4. Gender analysis
5. Participatory Appraisals and design
6. Diagnostic Methods and Tools
7. Participatory approaches for managing watersheds
8. Group Dynamics and conflict management

Module 4: What next?
 1. Development of personal/institutional action plans
2. Development of national follow-up activities

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Course programme

TIME

MODULE

RESPONSIBLE(S)
Sunday, 7 March 1999

13 :30-17 :30
  • Arrival of participants/resource persons
  • Informal introductions / icebreaker
  • The Green Revolution Game
Bruno Verbist, Chun Lai, Jan Beniest, Per Rudebjer
Monday, 8 March 1999
8 :00-9 :00

9 :00-9 :45
  • Registration
  • Course opening
 Teerapong Saowaphak
9 :45-10 :15 Coffee break  
10 :15-10 :45
10 :40-11 :00
11 :00-12 :00
12 :00-12 :30
  • Introduction of participants, Objectives & structure of the course
  • Guidelines for action plans
  • Conveying Agroforestry
  • Training evaluation, (guidelines for participants)
 Bruno Verbist
Jan Beniest
Nes Lawas, Bruno Verbist
Alicia Occidental
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-15 :30 Module 1 – Training and education methodology
  • Participatory Curriculum Development
Peter Taylor, Per Rudebjer
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break  
16 :00-17 :30
  • Participatory Curriculum Development
Peter Taylor, Per Rudebjer
19 :00
  • Welcome dinner
  
Tuesday, 9 March 1999
8 :30-10 :00
  • Adult Learning approaches
 Peter Taylor
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break  
10 :30-11 :30
  • Training Needs Assessment
 Peter Taylor
11 :30-12 :30
  • Agroforestry Development Case studies and /or poster session
 Participants
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-15 :30 Module 2 – Advances in Agroforestry in Southeast Asia
  • New trends in agroforestry research
Meine van Noordwijk, Bruno
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break  
16 :00-17 :30
  • ICRAF’s SEA research program and Alternatives for Slash-and-Burn
 Meine, David Thomas
Wednesday, 10 March 1999
8 :30-10 :00
  • Alternatives for Slash-and-Burn
 Meine van Noordwijk
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break
10 :30-12 :30
  • Soil Conservation: looking at the watershed level
 Meine van Noordwijk
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-15 :30
  • Indigenous Fallow Management
 Malcolm Cairns
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break  
16 :00-17 :30
  • Complex agroforests
 Kusworo
20:00 - 21.00
  • Tree-Soil-Crop interactions
 Meine van Noordwijk
Thursday, 11 March 1999
8 :30-10 :00
  • Policy Research for sustainable uplands (incl. Krui experience)
 David Thomas, Kusworo
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break  
10 :30-12 :30
  • Tree domestication
 Bruno Verbist
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-15 :30 Module 3 – Community participation in natural resource management
  • Community Development through Participatory Project Development
 Komon Pragtong, Nes Lawas, Sri Suharti
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break  
16 :00-17 :30
  • Community organizing
 Pearmsak Makarabhirom
20 :00-20 :40
  • Slide series - AF systems in Thailand
 Pearmsak Makarabhirom
Friday, 12 March 1999
8 :30-10 :00
  • Introduction to the characterization process (incl. Mae Taeng watershed and GIS demo)
 Horst Weyerhauser, Pornwilai Saipothong
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break  
10 :30-12 :30
  • Participatory approaches for managing watersheds
 David Thomas
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-15 :30
  • Gender Analysis
 Alicia Occidental
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break  
16 :00-17 :30
  • Participatory appraisals-and-design
 Steve Franzel, Chun Lai, Sureerat Lakanavichian
Saturday, 13 March 1999
8 :30-10 :00
  • Group Dynamics and conflict management
 Vitoon Viriyasakultorn
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break  
10 :30-12 :30
  • Diagnostic methods & tools
 Chun Lai, Sureerat Lakanavichian, Steve Franzel
Afternoon FREE  
Sunday, 14 March 1999 FIELDWORK
  FREE  
14 :00
  • Departure for fieldwork
  • Fieldsite visit
  David Thomas
20 :00-21 :00
  • Introduction to fieldwork
 Chaleo Kanjunt, Bruno Verbist
Monday, 15 March 1999 FIELDWORK
8 :00-12 :30
  • Participatory Diagnosis ( farmer interviews)
 Participants
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-evening
  • Group work: Data Analysis; Identify/ define priority problems; Plan agroforestry interventions
 Participants
Tuesday, 16 March 1999 FIELDWORK
8 :00-12 :30
  • Verifying hypotheses with farmers
 Participants
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-evening
  • Group work: technology development and interventions
  • Preparation of presentations
  • Dinner and Informal gathering
  
Wednesday, 17 March 1999 FIELDWORK
8 :00-10 :00
  • Presentation of results to stakeholders and discussion
  
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break  
10 :30-12 :30
  • Presentation of results to stakeholders and discussion
  
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00
  • Return to Chiang Mai
  
Thursday, 18 March 1999
8 :30-10 :00 Module 1 – Training and education methodology
  • Technology Diffusion and Communication
 Alicia Occidental
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break  
10 :30-12 :30
  • Farmer-to-farmer extension
 Edgar Villegas
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-15 :30
  • Training Material Development
 Jan Beniest
15 :30-16 :00 Coffee break  
16 :00-17 :00
  • Course Organisation
 Jan Beniest
17 :00-17 :30
  • Poster presentation
 Participants
Friday, 19 March 1999
8 :30-10 :00 Module 4 – What next?
  • Working groups on national follow-up activities and personal action plans
 Participants
10 :00-10 :30 Coffee break  
10 :30-12 :30
  • Cont’d
Participants
12 :30-14 :00 Lunch  
14 :00-16 :00
  • Presentation of national follow-up activities and personal action plans
 Participants
16 :00 - 16:30 Coffee break  
16 :30-17 30
  • Final Course evaluation
  • Closure
 Bruno Verbist
19 :00
  • Farewell dinner
  
Saturday, 20 March 1999
 
  • Departure of participants
  
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Participants
In total there were 61 teachers, trainers and extension staff (participants and resource persons) from universities, government research-cum-training institutes, extension services, technical colleges and NGO's. The line of distinction between trainers and ‘trained’ was often very thin. The 41 participants came from 6 countries: Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos and China. Resource persons were ICRAF staff, ICRAF training alumni from the region and staff from partner institutions as RECOFTC, SEARCA, SFSP Vietnam, Chiang Mai University, UPLos Banos, Royal Forestry department (RFD), … - specialists in the topics taught.
» List of participants (Download in PDF)
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Follow up

Participatory teaching and learning involved participant presentations, theoretical lectures, discussion sessions, group work, field visits and exercises. Training course alumni and partners formulated a personal and a national action plan. Aim was to ensure a multiplier effect and give course alumni the opportunity to bring directly into practice what they learnt. (An often forgotten part in other Training-of-trainers courses.)

In collaboration with other projects (like VACB and SEANAFE) a small budget was secured for the national follow-up activities. This is to ensure that this ToT-course is not a one time activity, but part of a continuous process.  Within 9 months after the course national follow-up activities were already sucessfully implemented by country groups from Indonesia, Lao PDR and Vietnam.

ICRAF will support and backstop these activities, where possible and opportune. The training materials on 'Advances in Agroforestry' developed for the Chiang Mai ToT-course will be revised and further refined and made available for translation and adaptation by the national trainers in their follow-up courses.

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ICRAF Southeast Asia Regional Office
Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16680
PO Box 161 Bogor 16001, Indonesia
Ph: +62 251 625415, 625417, fax: +62 251 625416
Email: icraf-indonesia@cgiar.org
 

WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE - SOUTH EAST ASIA
http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea