WorldAgroforestry established a China office, or China-Agroforestry Programme, in August 2002. Registered under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), its establishment is based on an agreement with the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), and its goal is to bring about a transformation from traditional practices to scientific agroforestry. Currently, the programme has both a liaison office in Beijing and Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies (CMES), a joint centre of World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), located in Kunming. It has 18 full-time and a number of part-time staff. During its first five years, the China Agroforestry Programme developed partnerships with national and local research institutes, government, and non-government organizations.The Beijing office endeavours to link science to policy-making processes in natural resource management together with policy-markers, scientists, and other consultative group (CG) centres, The Kunming office translates science into field practices to improve the multifunctional aspects of agriculture together with farmers and technicians. A broad range of programme activities is carried out, and the programme receives support from a diverse group of donors. In the past, the main activities of the China Agroforestry Programme were based on the following three thematic principles.
Publication year
2007
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Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, forestry, agriculture, development, plans
Geographic
China
