This chapter discusses the key components of capacity building and the mechanisms that have been used to develop research capacity in agroforestry. These include building new expertise, developing institutions, forming networks, involving stakeholders and strengthening the links between institutions that have an interest in agroforestry research (including those in the North and the South, and those with national and international mandates). We discuss the efforts of the World Agroforestry Centre to build research capacity, including training at postgraduate level, postgraduate research, review of cur - ricula to include agroforestry and networking between institutions. We also cover the recommendations of a 1982 conference on professional education in agroforestry and the extent to which these have been implemented, and present the results of the Centre’s graduate training programme. Finally, we out - line the challenges to building capacity for agroforestry research, along with some suggested strategies and new opportunities
Publication year
2022
Authors
Njuki J M; Zoungrana I; Temu A B; Awimbo J
Language
English
