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Agroforestry
Extension
Resources
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 A026 Fields of Trees
Video produced by the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) and the International Centre for
Research for Agroforestry (ICRAF) with
support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). English, French, Spanish.
VHS PAL & SECAM - 31
minutes
Fields of Trees profiles 4 farming families - in Zambia, Uganda, Peru and Indonesia. Each family has
its own problems and its own solutions. The video is described as an " upbeat story about farmers who are benefiting from scientific
research as it meshes with ancient
farming know-how to develop agroforestry farming systems that provide daily sustenance and can safeguard
the environment into the next
century and beyond." TVE's blurb explains: "Traditional farming in the tropics has never
respected the division between field and tree.
Shaking off the colonial inheritance, a quiet revolution is underway to merge age-old practices with
scientific know-how, creating agro-forestry techniques, that poor farmers are quick to discover. The
calliandra trees that Goretti Muhoozi plants alongside the edges of his
steep hillside fields in Uganda prevent soil erosion; the trees Jennifer Zulu has started to grow on
her farm in Zambia, regenerate the soil
and can be used for fuel wood; settlers in Peru's lowland jungle are learning that there can be more
benefits in conserving the trees on their
land, than from clearing them; in Indonesia, bureaucrats argue whether a Sumatran farmers land is is
a forest garden or a farm. A more
technical 15 minute version is available to help agro-forestry extension workers".
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