Pollarding and root pruning as management options for tree-crop competition and firewood production

This thesis is an output of a study, which forms part of the Agroforestry Research Programme, jointly implemented by theGovernment of Uganda through its Forestry Resources ResearchInstitute (PORRI) of the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), and the International Centre for Researchin Agroforestry (ICRAF). The programme is currently funded bythe United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union (EU) and the funds for the fieldexperiments of this study were provided by the Department forInternational Development (DFID-UK). This study was carried out on farmers' fields in the Katuna Valley of Kabale District in the South Western Highlands of Uganda. The sites on which the study was conducted belong to some of the farmers who have been in close contact with the FORRI Agroforestry Research site in Kabale. The study focuses on farmer initiated research and experimentation. According to den Biggelaar (1996), top- down research strategies have proven appropriate for community forestry and agroforestry, with very low adoption rates by farmers,of the technologies presented be research stations dealing with agroforestry. As such therefore, it became important that research is carried out in constant liaison with local farmers.

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