DSO/World Agroforestry Centre Project

‘Strengthening Training and Education in Agroforestry’

INTERNATIONAL REFRESHER COURSE ON:

TEACHING ADVANCES IN

AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

7 to 23 November 2001

The World Agroforestry Centre Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

TIME / MODULE/SUBJECT / RESOURCE PERSON(S)
Monday-Tuesday 5-6 November 2001
-Participants and resource persons arrive in Nairobi, Kenya / World Agroforestry Centre
Wednesday, 7 November 2001
8.30 am
9.00 am / -Registration
-Introducing the participants and resource persons
-Course opening / World Agroforestry Centre
J Beniest
Glenn Denning
9.30 am /
10.00 am / -Expectations
-Goal, objectives, programme, monitoring and evaluation of the training-of-trainers course
-Evaluation procedures
-The DSO/World Agroforestry Centre project Strengthening training and education in agroforestry
-Poster preparations / P Taylor
J Beniest
P Taylor
J Beniest
Participants
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / -Accessing agroforestry information / W Umbima
15.30 pm /
16.00 pm / -Adult learning / P Taylor
Thursday, 8 November 2001
8.30 am
9.00 am / -World Agroforestry Centre’s research agenda
-The Alternatives to Slash and Burn programme (ASB) / R Coe
T Tomich
10.00 am /
10.30 am
10.45 am
11.45 am / Natural resource problems, priorities and policies
-Spatial analysis of problem domains and agroforestry recommendation domains – a case study from Southern Africa
-New methods for assessing soil fertility and soil degradation problems / B Swallow
R Zomer
K Shepherd
12.45 pm /
14.00 pm / -Multiple social benefits through agroforestry in the Lake Victoria Basin / B Swallow
15.30 pm /
16.00 pm
17.00 pm / Domestication of agroforestry trees (part 1)
-Tree domestication in agroforestry
-Vegetatively propagated species case studies (medicinal, fruit) / T Simons
T Simons
Z Tchoundjeu
Friday, 9 November 2001
08.30 am
09.30 am / -Tree domestication case study
Ecosystem processes and management
-Carbon sequestration / J Muriuki
A Albrecht
10.30 am /
11.00 am
12.00 am / -Advances in water resources management
-Nutrient management in agroforestry / C Ong
P Mafongoya
13.00 pm /
14.00 pm
14.15 pm
15.15 pm
15.40 pm / Advancing innovation and impact
­On-farm research, adoption and extension
­Sustainable seed supply
­Discussion / D Russell
S Franzel
JP Lillesoe
15.50 pm /
16.00 pm
17.00 pm
17.30 pm
17.45 pm / ­Enterprise development
­Institutions and partnerships
­Participatory monitoring and evaluation
­Discussion / Technoserve
A Boehringer
S Franzel
Saturday, 10 November 2001
am / Summary and evaluation of the research and development seminar series / J Beniest & P Taylor
pm / FREE/OPTIONAL VISITS
Sunday, 11 November 2001
am/pm / FREE/OPTIONAL VISITS
Monday, 12 November 2001
08.30 am
09.00 am / -World Agroforestry Centre’s development agenda
-Agroforestry research and development in E&C Africa / G Denning
B Jama
10.00 am /
10.30 am
12.00 am / -Agroforestry research and development in Southern Africa
Domestication of agroforestry trees (part 2)
-Germplasm procurement, multiplication and distribution
-Tree information databases / F Kwesiga
J Were
A Salim
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / Visits and demonstrations (3 groups of 14 people)
-Tree seed laboratory (visits & demo)
-Vegetative propagation (visits & demo)
-Nurseries as delivery platform / J Were
W Frost
W Frost
15.30 pm /
16.00 pm / -Visit to on-farm nursery in Tigoni / W Frost
Tuesday, 13 November 2001
08.30 am
09.30 am / -Agroforestry research and development in the Sahel
-Agroforestry research and development in SE Asia
-World Agroforestry Centre – the way ahead / A Niang
D Garrity
D Garrity
10.30 am /
10.30 am / -Assessing the economic returns and impact of agroforestry
-Policy and tenure issues in agroforestry / F Place
F Place
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / -Gender in agroforestry / C Kabutha
15.30 pm /
16.00 pm / -Case studies on gender in agroforestry
-Briefing on the field visits / C Kabutha
J Awimbo
Wednesday, 14 November 2001
08.00 am / -FIELD VISIT: Lake Nakuru catchment area / J Awimbo with KWS
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / -FIELD VISIT: Travel to Western Kenya / J Awimbo
Thursday, 15 November 2001
08.00 am / -FIELD VISIT: Lake Victoria Basin / J Awimbo with M Walsh and M Hai
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / -FIELD VISIT: Lake Victoria Basin / J Awimbo with D Nyantika and E Gatheru
Friday, 16 November 2001
08.00 am / -FIELD VISIT: Farmers in Western Kenya / J Awimbo with the World Agroforestry Centre Maseno
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / -RETURN TO NAIROBI / J Awimbo
Saturday, 17 November 2001
am/pm / FREE/OPTIONAL VISITS
Sunday, 18 November 2001
am/pm / FREE/OPTIONAL VISITS
Monday, 19 November 2001
08.30 am / -Research quality – importance, methods and support / R Coe
10.00 am /
10.30 am / -Nutrient management in agroforestry
-Visit to the World Agroforestry Centre’s soils and plant analysis laboratories / P Smithson
P Smithson & laboratory staff
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / -The African Highlands Initiative (AHI)
-Climate change / A Stroud
L Verchot
15.30 pm /
16.00 pm
17.30 / -Biological management of soil fertility
-Summarizing field visits and research – development seminars / TSBF
J Beniest, J Awimbo & P Taylor
Tuesday, 20 November 2001
08.30 am / Agroforestry curriculum design
-Concepts and approaches
-Participatory approaches to curriculum development / P Taylor
10.00 am /
10.30 am / -Principles
-Methods
-Stakeholder analysis exercise
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / -Stakeholder analysis exercise
-Training needs assessment at different levels
15.30 pm /
16.00 pm / -Interviewing exercise (knowledge, skills & attitudes)
Wednesday, 21 November 2001
08.30 am / Planning an agroforestry course
-Developing a course (aims, objectives/learning outcomes, main content, selecting and sequencing, session planning) / P Taylor
10.00 am /
10.30 am / -Developing a course (cont’d)
12.30 pm /
14.00 pm / Planning an agroforestry session
-Training methods
-Training materials / P Taylor
15.30 pm /
16.00 pm / -Methods and materials, experiences
  • What has been used?
  • Participant experiences
  • Constraints and how to overcome them

Thursday, 22 November 2001
Planning an agroforestry session
-Agroforestry training materials development
-Training materials exercises / P Taylor
J Beniest
-Session planning based on seminars and visits / P Taylor
-Presenting lesson plans (flipcharts + market) / Participants
-Presenting sample materials / Participants
Friday, 23 November 2001
Monitoring and evaluation in agroforestry training and education
-Monitoring and evaluation
-Impact assessment (case study)
Building capacity together / P Taylor
J Awimbo
A Temu
-Course evaluation and follow-up / J Beniest
-Course closing / D Garrity
Participants and resource persons leave / World Agroforestry Centre