Agroforestry – growing trees on farms – can provide alternative resources, diversify livelihoods and mitigate the impacts of climate change. With support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, CIFOR-ICRAF brought agroforestry expertise to the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC), a 10-year multi-partner collaboration with far-reaching impacts in Southeast Asia.

“We led the development of the ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development, provided technical support to Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – which revised its national forestry law to include agroforestry – and facilitated the agroforestry roadmap for Cambodia,” said Delia Catacutan, Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia.