The Group will compile and share knowledge with Swedish and Southeast Asian governments, NGOs, research and training bodies and practitioners on the development of agroforestry for food and nutritional security, sustainable agriculture, smallholders’ livelihoods, climate-change adaptation and mitigation, and landscape restoration towards achievement of SDG 2.
In most of Southeast Asia agriculture and forestry are managed separately which has been proven to exacerbate poverty, food insecurity and marginalisation, hitting highlands communities the hardest. Agroforestry is increasingly seen as the bridge between the two domains.
Ingrid Öborn, Department of Crop Production Ecology and Agricultural cropping systems at SLU, presents at the SIANI Annual Meeting 2019
The Group has brought together experts from ASEAN to provide critical input to key regional guiding documents for agroforestry and climate change mitigation.
After several years of preparation, the new ASEAN guidelines for agroforestry development set out a road map for sustainable land-use in Southeast Asia.
At a meeting in Lombok, Indonesia, representatives of ASEAN working groups agreed to strengthen their collaboration to reduce risks and maximize security in the food, agriculture and forestry...
The Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry has members from government and civil society committed to support the development of agroforestry in ASEAN member states. The Mekong Expert Group on...
In most of Southeast Asia agriculture and forestry are managed separately which has been proven to exacerbate poverty, food insecurity and marginalisation, hitting highlands communities the hardest. Agroforestry is increasingly seen as the bridge between the two domains.