At the end of 1986, ICRAF launched a collaborative agroforestry research programme in highlands of East and Central Africa. Funding was primarily provided by USAID. The countries participating in the research are Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and are part of IÇRAF’s Agroforestry Research Network for Africa (AFRENA) programme, which encompasses three other ecological zones in Sub-Saharan Africa. The two main objectives of the AFRENA programme are:- to develop appropriate agroforestry technologies for land-use systems within an ecological zone, and- to develop the national and regional capabilities to plan, formulate and implement agroforestry research.The establishment of a research network of nations within common agro ecological zones was adopted because the member countries all face similar land-use constraints. The network facilitates complimentary research whereby scarce resources can be efficiently applied to priority zonal problems, and results derived therefrom can be shared for the benefit of all.
Publication year
1990
Authors
Peden D G; Okorio J; Byenkya S; Wajja-Musukwe T-N
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, land management, land use, multipurpose trees, terraces
Geographic
Uganda
