Agroforesty Education News Volume 12.2 December 2006 ANAFE Alumni Excel ANAFE Charter refreshed At its 20th meeting, the Board of ANAFE reviewed the charter to incorporate articles that would ensure effectiveness, efficiency, transparency and sustainability of the network. The refreshed Charter will also enable ANAFE to be registered in African countries as an international NGO; as ANAFE acquires a legal personality. In the picture, Oraro and Company Lawyers, Mr. Chacha Odera and Ms. Joyce Oduor, and University of Nairobi Professor of Law Francis Situna advise the board of ANAFE. ANAFE is evaluated During the months of June, July and August 2006, ANAFE was evaluated by two consultants, Ms. Melinda Cuéllar of Orgut Company in Sweden (Team Leader) and Dr. Zewge Teklehaimanot of the University of Wales Bangor U.K. The evaluators visited several institutions in Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. They also reviewed a large volume of reports and teaching manuals. Their draft final report was presented to the Board of ANAFE and ICRAF Management on 18th August 2006. The Board was satisfied that the report is a good representation of the status of ANAFE. A final report was produced and shared with members of ANAFE. The final report is posted at ANAFE website: http://www. anafeafrica.org Teaching manuals finalised As part of our efforts to finalise the teaching manuals we have worked on for some time now, ANAFE has invited some educators to work intensively in editing final submissions of materials for production and circulation. The following list of teaching manuals is now available to ANAFE members in soft and hard copies. They are also posted at the ANAFE website as PDF (Acrobat) files which may be downloaded free of charge. Members are encouraged to access the teaching resources and to share. For comments please contact the authors or the ANAFE secretariat. ANAFE is currently conducting a tracer study to establish the whereabouts and current employment of its alumni. Some data flowing in show interesting developments! The majority is working in agricultural and forestry development activities. However, the job areas cover a very wide range of disciplines, including politics.For instance, in Malawi, honourable Bilton Kutsaira was until recently a member of parliament. He has now risen to a ministerial position. In Senegal, honourable Yaye Kène GASSAMA DIA who was teaching Agroforestry in the Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta (UCAD) in Dakar, is now a Minister, responsible for Science and Technology. We congratulate everyone for the achievements they are making. Please send information about any ANAFE alumni you know. We would like to publish the full report in a future issue of Agroforestry Education News. Milestones 1.Professor Gerard Monela of Sokoine university of Agriculture is now the Vice Chancellor of the same University 2.Professor James Kiyiapi of Moi University in Kenya is now Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources 3.Prof Labode Popoola of the Department of Forestry Ibadan University in Nigeria has been appointed Director of postgraduate studies at the same university 4.Prof Eric Koech of Moi University in Kenya is now Dean of the Natural Resources 5.Dr Moses Adedire of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in Nigeria ns now an Associate professor of forestry 6.Ms Marie Louis Avana of the University of Dschang has successfully defended her PhD thesis and will soon graduate. We congratulate all of them for the achievements. We are sure that there are many more milestones which have not been communicated. Please reach us as soon as they happen! Chair’s Corner Member contributions to sustain ANAFE Dear Members, So far it has been quite simple and free to become a member of ANAFE. Over the years, we have attracted 127 member institutions in 34 African Countries. As ANAFE matures and grows into a world class network, it is imperative that our standards are maintained and enhanced. To run an efficient secretariat, and to maintain our website and newsletter, we need core resources. It is therefore time members increased their stakes by making financial contributions to the network. This will deepen our aspiration of making the network grassroots owned and managed. It is against this background that the Board at its 18th Meeting held at the University of Ghana, Legon discussed the introduction of an annual fee for members. The fees will be used for the purposes identified above, and also to support network databases which will be shared with all members. Payment arrangements will be flexible with respect to currency and processes involved. The Secretariat will make a formal contact with your institution and provide further information in a letter, but for the time being, we invite all members to comment on this approach. We look forward to your acceptance. Dr. John Kaboggoza Chair – ANAFE Steering Committee Representation at SEANAFE Board Milestones Marie Louise Tientcheu Avana (RAFT Chair for African Humid Tropics) and August Temu (ANAFE Executive Secretary) represented ANAFE at a SEANAFE Board meeting held at Los Baños (Philippines) 22 – 24 August 2006. Among other benefits, the following were agreed: • ANAFE and SEANAFE websites will be linked to benefit members of the two networks • The two networks will work together to implement the international workshop on Forestry Education planned for May 2007 (see separate article on this) • Both networks will share databases and experiences and intensify efforts to improve grassroots ownership of the networks, for sustainability • A partnership to establish Africa Southeast Asia Natural Resources Education Collaboration will be considered • SEANAFE will participate in the International Symposium on Agroforestry Education being organized by Chancellor College and Bund Colleges of Agriculture in Malawi in July 2007. (see separate article on this). Per Rudebjer Leaves Mr. Per Rudebjer who served ANAFE for just over 3 years up to 4th October 1996 joined ICRAF again in 1999 and helped to establish SEANAFE. After seven very Jesus Fernandez is a new Coordinator of SEANAFE successful years of SEANAFE is flourishing network. Per’s contribution has been enormous in terms of vision, strategy as well as resource mobilization. He left SEANAFE on 31st August 2006 to join the Bioversity International (formally IPGRI) as Scientist, Capacity Development Research and Support Unit. His address is Bioversity International, via dei Tre Nenari 427/A 0057 Maccarese (Fiumicion) Rome, Italy, Tel: +39 066 118 388, Email: p.rudebjer@ cgiar.org . ANAFE wishes Ms. Rudebjer all the best at Bioversity International. In his new position he will maintain good links with ANAFE and SEANAFE. Following the departure of Per Rudebjer, Dr. Jesus Fernandez has been appointed to lead the SEANAFE network. With basic qualifications in development communication and a PhD in Community Development (2001) Dr. Fernandez has experience in networking, capacity building and crosscultural relations management. He can be reached through [email protected] A worthy visitor Mrs Ufoo Lema is a senior lecturer at Olmotonyi Forestry Institute in Arusha, Tanzania. She is also the chair of Tz-NAFT, the Tanzania chapter of ANAFE. She visited ANAFE at ICRAF headquarters in Nairobi to exchange ideas and also to benefit from the ICRAF library. In this picture, she (on the left) poses with the evaluator of ANAFE, Ms Melinda Cuéllar just after sharing her perspectives with her. On the right is Ms Rita Mulinge who backstops the ANAFE Secretariat. Olmotonyi forestry Institute is well known for its superb integration of farming systems and especially agroforestry and fisheries into the forestry curriculum. Their practical training facilities include a prolific fishpond under the management of Mrs Lema. The nexus between agroforestry and hiv/aids It is of special interest to understand the reasoning behind ANAFE’s interest in HIV/AIDS curriculum. It is already well established that food and nutrition can reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS. For communities that depend on agriculture for their livelihood, an increase in the incidence of HIV/AIDS has immediate impact on, among others, the availability of labour for agricultural activities. This leads to a cyclic effect where food production is diminished, causing hunger and malnutrition due to less calorie intake and weak vitamin and mineral content in the food (due to reduced diversity of food available). On the other hand, reduced vitamin and mineral intake tends to increase the severity of the condition, and vulnerability of infected persons to opportunistic diseases causing HIV infection to quickly progress to AIDS, any succumb. This sets off another series of problems, as families and communities incur costs of treating the sick, eventual burials and subsequent care of orphans. All these draw further on their meagre resources agriculture, in both financial and labour aspects. Thus, HIV/AIDS infected and affected families tend to grow poorer and poorer. To date, there is no known cure for HIV/AIDS. Efforts are thus focused on prevention of infection and management of the condition. Through Agroforestry research, ICRAF and others have shown that it is possible to slow down the progression of HIV/AIDS, through reduction of labour requirements for farming communities, provision of highly nutritive products for HIV/AIDS infected and affected people, and also through other solutions as indicated below: These Agroforestry solutions fit quite well into a broader perspective on how agriculture could play a role in solving the HIV/AIDS crisis. ANAFE has developed a curriculum for students of agriculture and natural resources in order to enable universities and colleges to play their role in combating HIV/AIDS. Agroforestry action area Effect on HIV infected Effect on HIV affected persons persons Enhanced use of nitrogen fixing Reduced input into farming improved food trees to improve soil fertility security Domestication and intensified A boost to immune Reduced demand from cultivation of trees and shrubs to system thus reducing support to infected produce nutritious fruits, roots, vulnerability to relatives and friends berries, and leaves opportunistic infections Intensified cultivation of Access to medicines Reduced medical bills medicinal plants for primary care Intensified cultivation of locally Slower progression Reduced need for care of available high energy foods HIV to AIDS the infected Promotion of methods of food Regular availability of Reduced food bills for preservation nutritive foods food Cultivation of trees and shrubs Reduced susceptibility to hunger and nutritional that span and produce during the insecurity, and reduced labour demand dry seasons Zero tillage systems Significant reduction of labour needs BASIC initiative Marketing of the BASIC initiative continues with Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) leading the effort. There is a high probability that the programme will be formally launched this year. Meanwhile, FARA has mobilized funds to for a capacity building project dubbed SCARDA Strengthening capacity for agricultural research and development in Africa, with DFID support. ANAFE is a partnering with FARA in the implementation of this project. Details will be worked out in February 2007. Colleges and universities which registered for BASIC are encouraged to remain in touch and will soon be contacted. ANAFE has locally contextualized learning resources! In the course of the year 2006, ANAFE has supported the finalization of learning manuals and books written by nationals of SSA countries. The biggest challenge was to secure quality editing and subsequent publishing. Table below shows our list of books, manuals and curricula which can be downloaded fro the ANAFE website, List of Learning Materials 1. SEANAFE represented at ANAFE Board Dr Suhardi represented SEANAFE at the 20th meeting of ANAFE Board and presented a report whose highlights were: • Good progress is being made in the implementation pf phase 2 of SEANAFE support from Sida. In This phase, emphasis has been put on policy analysis, landscape aspects of Agroforestry and marketing of Agroforestry tree products. • Collaboration has started between SEANAFE and Regional Community Forestry Training Centre (RECOFTC) and South East Asia Regional Center for Graduate Study & Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) • A new project coordinator, Mr Jesus Fernandez has been recruited to replace Per Rudebjer who left ICRAF on 31st October 2006. ANAFE welcomed Jesus Fernandez. • Indonesia has elected Dr Suhardi as the Chair of iNAFE, the Indonesian chapter of SEANAFE. Board congratulated him. • International Partnership for Forestry Education (IPFE): SEANAFE has agreed to participate in the preparations of the global workshop on Forestry education. ANAFE Board welcomed this strong partnership in our common interest. Dr Suhardi also presented a series of slides on his work in the development of agroforestry to mitigate the effects of tsunami. He was able to demonstrate that treed landscapes suffered less from the effects of tsunami. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Learning resources developed by ANAFE Books and manuals: French Titles Authors/contributors Title L’agroforesterie à l’école au Sahel: Guide Pratique Dr Samba A. Ndiaye Samba, Dr Maguette du formateur (Agroforestry in schools in the Sahel: A Kaïre practical guide for trainers) Manuel D’agroforesterie a L’intention des Birahim Fall, Idrissa Hamidou, N’Tio establissements D’ensignment superieur du Sahel Niamaly, Kardigué (Agroforestry manual for students of higher education) Coulibaly, Chantal Kabore-Zoungrana, Malick Lalji Sylla Manuel D’agroforesterie pour la formation des agents Abdoulaye N’Diaye, N’Tio Niamaly, techniques (Manual for training extension agents in Kardigué Coulibaly, Agroforestry) Idrissa Sanogo, Aboubakar Maïga and Konongolo Coulibaly . Yossi H, Kaya B, Traore Les Haies Vives au Sahel (The live hedges of the Sahel) CO, Niang A, Butare I, Levasseur V, and Sanogo D. Aspects socio-economiques de l’agroforesterie Therese Fouda Moulende au Cameroun (Some socio-economic Aspects of agroforestry in Cameroon) La culture en couloirs a base de Calliandra calothyrsus Kamga André and meissner dans la province de l’Ouest Cameroun : une Dondjang Jean Paul option technologie pour agriculture durable (Farming with Calliandra calothyrsus in west Cameroon : An option for sustainable Agriculture) Books and manuals: English titles Title Ill health in Agroforestry: A challenge in scaling up Agroforestry Innovations Rebuilding Africa’s Capacity for Agricultural 8. Temu A, Chakeredza S, Mogotsi K, Munthali Development D and Mulinge R (Eds) Improving Approaches for Effective Teaching and 9. Kay Muir-Leresche Learning Tree Domestication for Buffer zone Agroforestry 10. Wilson Kasolo and August Temu (Enhancing the conservation potential of Agroforestry for threatened resources) Integrating agroforestry examples into 11. Walter Adongo and Philip Henry Obade the teaching of Mathematics and English in primary schools Some medicinal trees and shrubs of Eastern Africa for 12. B.O. Owuor, D. Kamoga, J. Kung’u and sustainable utilisation and commercialisation G.N. Njoroge Authors/contributors 7. Girma Hailu 13. Sebastian Chakeredza Agroforestry Training at Postgraduate Level in Sub(Ed) contributions from Saharan Africa: Solutions to Challenges in Curriculum 21 universities in SSA Delivery 14.Sara Namirembe, Joseph Obua, Philip Nyeko, Peter Ndemere and Susan Tumwebaze 15.ANAFE members. (Wilson Kasolo and A Temu (Eds) 16.Temu AB, Mwanje I. and Mogotsi K. 17.Anne Munene 1. ANAFE RAFT Sahel 2. Charles Ssekabembe 3. Rudebjer PG, Temu AB and Kung’u J. 4. FAO and ANAFE 5. ANAFE members 6. FAO, ANAFE and SEANAFE 7. Chakeredza (Ed). A joint product of 21 universities 8. Temu and Chakeredza (Eds). A joint product of universities and colleges in Mali and Malawi Agroforestry for Development in Uganda: A synthesis Agroforestry for improved livelihoods and natural resources conservation: An Agroforestry Policy Brief Improving agriculture and natural resources Education in Africa: A stitch in time Climate change - Making Facts Known: an annotated list of the Impacts of climate change Compact Discs Technologies agroforestèries au Sahel The Tenets of Agroforestry Curriculum guides Developing Agroforestry Curricula: A practical guide for academic institutions in Africa and Asia Tree seed education at agricultural and forestry colleges in Eastern and Southern Africa HIV/AIDS curriculum for agriculture and natural resource students Forestry Education in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia: Trends, myths and realities Evaluation of Agroforestry in Postgraduate Curricula: Lessons from 12 years of ANAFE support to Universities in Sub-Saharan Africa Farmer Learning Resource Centre: Lessons Learnt in Southern Africa ANAFE Research Fellowships 2006-2007 Eastern and Central Africa Name 1. Mehari Alebachew Tesfaye Degree MSc Gender M 2. Rebecca Ngumburu PHD F 3. Jennifer Jerotic Rono 4. Jeffard Njeru Rithaa 5. Cecilia Wachera Kioria MSc F MSc M MSc F 6. Stephen Ichami Muhati MSc M 7. Godeberthe Nkeshimana MSc F 8. Joseph Jones Ogwal MSc M 9. Robooni Tumuhimbise MSc M Title Study of indigenous Agroforestry Practices in selected Woredas of Awi Zone (Dangila, Banjashukudad, and Enjibara Woredas) of Amhara Regional State Floral Biology and Pollination of Highland coffee (Coffee Arabica) in Kiambu District University Addis Ababa University Nationality Ethiopia Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Moi University, Chepkoilel Campus Egerton University Kenya Establishment Techniques of promising MPTs in the Drylands: A case of Nyando District, Kenya Developing protocol for conservation of indigenous fruit trees in Meru South District Contribution of wild food plants to household Kenyatta University food security of communities living around Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Kilifi District of Kenya Development of a new method for determination University of Nairobi of soil extractable phosphorus and potassium using infrared spectroscopy Rill and Interill erosion assessment under coffee Wageningen University plantation: A case study of hilly soils of Rwanda’Research area in Rwanda farmers fields”. Kenya Ecology and utilization of the Cycad Makerere University (Encephalartos hilderbrandtii) along River Mpanga, Western Kenya Prospects and constraints to sustainable Cocoyam Makerere University production under various Agroforestry systems in Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda Uganda Kenya Kenya Kenya Rwanda Uganda ANAFE Research Fellowships 2006-2007 Southern Africa Name Busiso Olga Mavankeni Degree MSc Gender Maria Goss MSc F Kingstone Mujeyi MSc M Misheck Chandiposha MSc M Princess Gabayi MSc F F Title Improving Maize productivity using jatropha seed cake in Zimbabwe University Nationality University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Crop Science Department A study of field establishment of multipurpose Moringa (Moringa Oleifera) at various stand densities: interactions with initial soil nitrogen, phosphorus and pH Socio-economic Impact of Incorporation of Agroforestry in Smallholder Farming Systems of Zimbabwe. A case of Jatropha curcas potential in improving rural livelihoods Evaluation of Moringa oleifera (Lam) as a shade tree for vegetable production in the Low veld Hot Semi-arid Zones of Zimbabwe A socio-economic analysis of woodlands products exploitation for craftwork in the sustenance of rural livelihoods. A case study of Binga area University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Crop Science Department Theme Contribution du système AF à trois couches de végétation dans la restauration des terres dégradées dans la commune rurale de Kanrangasso, cercle de Koutiala. Contribution à la valorisation de l’apiculture améliorée du système AF dans la réserve de la Mare aux Hippopotames Détermination de l’influence des haies défensives sur l’entomofaune et le rendement de la culture du manioc et des cultures maraîchères dans le cercle de Ségou Amélioration de la valeur nutritive des gousses de Piliostigma reticulatum et de Piliostigma thonningii dans l’optique d’une préservation de l’espèce par une utilisation plus efficiente de la ressource. Rapports conflictuels entre les systèmes de production agrosylvopastorale et objectifs de conservation durable de la biodiversité dans le parc transfrontalier ‘’W’’ (Burkina Faso, Bénin, Niger).et terroirs riverains Contribution d’une banque fourragère à l’équilibre nutritionnel familial : cas du Moringa oleifera dans la Commune de Koulikoro. Institution Institut Polytechnique Rural –IPR/IFRA de Katibougou, Mali University of Zimbabwe, Agricultural Economics Department Zimbabwe University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Crop Science Department University of Zimbabwe, Agricultural Economics Department Zimbabwe Sahel Names Gender 1 - DIARRA Fatoumata Seydou F 2YAMEOGO Yvonne Pétronille 3 - Djakaridja COULIBALY F M 4 - SANOU Sita F 5 - SAWADOGO Paul Marie André M 6 - ARSENE Djoula M Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forêts, BoboDioulassou, Burkina Faso Institut Polytechnique Rural –IPR/IFRA de Katibougou, Mali Institut de Development Rural –Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forêts, BoboDioulassou, Burkina Faso. Institut Polytechnique Rural –IPR/IFRA de Katibougou, Mali ANAFE Research Fellowships 2006-2007 African Humid Tropics Name SESSOU M. Fidèle Eric Gender M TANOE A. Micheline F DELEKE KOKO Inès F MENGUE Otelle Céline Priscile F ASSOGBA Thierry M. M HOUEHANOU Thierry D. M NOUDIFOULE Tchala M ELIJAH Olusola Osin M KOSSEBE Flore Cécile F Theme Aspects socio-économiques de l’exploitation du Vitellaria paradoxa dans les terroirs riverains du parc national de la Pendjari Etat actuel et perspectives de developpement de la distribution des aliments traditionnels : cas d’un produit AF, le Safou ( Dacryodes edulis) L’utilisation des plantes médicinales dans le traitement des maladies Gynécologiques dans les terroirs de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari Evaluation de l’impact de la loi forestière sur l’exploitation et la commercialisation des PFNL d’origine végétale au Cameroun Evaluation de la diversité des arbres médicinaux épargnés dans les terroirs agricoles et analyse de leurs circuits de commercialisation sur les grands marchés du Sud du Bénin Institution FSA Benin Role des ligneux galactogènes épargnés dans les terroirs agricoles dans la production laitière : cas de la vache Gudali dans la vallée du fleuve Niger au Bénin. Rôles des bandes anti-érosives d’arbres AF dans la lutte contre l’érosion et le maintien de la fertilité du sol dans un bassin versant de la région des plateaux Evaluation of the contributions of AF species to household food security in OKE-O GUN area of Oyo state, Nigeria FSA Benin Utilisation et commercialisation des produits forestiers non ligneux des savanes soudano guinéennes au Cameroun. Univ. de Ngaoundéré Y2 Cameroun FSA Benin FASA Cameroun FSA Benin ESA Togo UI Nigeria Cameroun BELLO Aminata Boubakary A. F Utilisation des feuilles de Clausena anisata pour Univ. de la protection des grains stockés contre les attaques Ngaoundéré des Insectes ravageurs Cameroun SOPPI KOUM MarieMadeleine F Maladies et ravageurs dans les systèmes AF : cas de la pourriture brune et des myrides dans les agro-forêts à base de cacaoyers au Cameroun FASA Cameroun ANAFE A date with ANAFE Mark the following events in 2007 9th to 11th May 2007 An international workshop on Forestry Education. Venue: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) headquarters in Nairobi. The workshop will examine factors leading to the deterioration of quality and quantity of forestry Education globally, but with a special focus on Africa. Recommendations wherefrom will be targeted at policy makers, education managers, the academia and society. All stakeholders in forestry are invited. For registration and more information contact Ms Rita Mulinge [email protected] . 28th to 29th July 2007 ANAFE Board Meeting: Please send items for the agenda to [email protected] 30th July to 1st August 2007 ANAFE’s 2nd Symposium: Theme: Building Africa’s Capacity for Tertiary Agricultural Education. Venue: Chancellor College, University of Malawi in Zomba. Papers will be presented in the following areas: 1. Contextualizing agricultural and NRM education: appropriate and effective policies and institutional arrangements that maximise on staff development and retention and the production of relevant graduates. What can be done to forestall brain drain, produce relevant graduates and make our institutions real centres for excellence? 3. Effective Agricultural Institutions: As the mainstay of agricultural prosperity, Africa’s agricultural institutions must be strengthened to cope with local and external needs. What mechanisms and solutions are needed? 4. Impact of HIV and AIDS on agriculture sector: In many SSA Countries, the HIV and AIDS scourge has grown beyond the health sector. Its effects must be tackled from all possible angles including agriculture. Agricultural solutions in terms of labour saving technologies, nutritious foods and food reserve strategies are issues that require debate and strategies. Deadline for submitting abstracts is 31t March 2007. For more information contact: [email protected] with copies to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] Contact Us! ANAFE Executive Secretary | c/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) PO Box 30677-00100, Nairobi Kenya | Phone: +254 20 7224197 or 4162 Fax: +254 20 7224001 | Email: [email protected] or [email protected] http://www.anafeafrica.org Design & Layout: Conrad Mudibo, Ecomedia Limited ([email protected]) 2. Building the capacity to compete globally: Recognising the main advantages and challenges of African agricultural education; putting into context the roles played by women and youth in agricultural production in Africa and sharing innovative approaches that can empower the poor through agricultural knowledge.