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Agroforestry Centre’s research and outreach activities in southern and eastern Africa. Among the key findings presented are:

• Fodder shrubs and fertilizer trees have proven potential for increasing yields and income, and providing many other
• social benefits. They have been adopted widely by poor farmers, both men and women in southern and eastern Africa.
• Fertilizer trees add substantial nutrients from tree biomass, reducing the requirement for mineral N fertilizer by 75%,translating to substantial savings on mineral fertilizer imports.

It's interesting to note that agroforestry is an ancient practice, but the 'science' as claimed by scientists has just come to age--this means that agroforestry has been, in the past, practiced without the notion of science, yet the system was responsible for feeding the world's growing population while providing fibre and environmental services. But what happened to this ancient practice at the interface of agroforestry science? what value did it add to this ancient practice?

Hi, Im Delia Catacutan, and Im one of the Congress reporters and bloggers. Im a returning ICRAF staff from a newly completed fellowship at Harvard University.
I was in the 1st Congress in Florida in 2004, so participating the 2nd time around is really more exciting... of course, my expectations are very high.

Cheers!