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View all search resultsGlobal conference to accelerate the use of trees in agriculture, landscape
Over 1,000 participants from private sector and research and development institutions will share knowledge on the positive financial, environmental and social impacts of agroforestry in an international congress in New Delhi, India, in February next year
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ver 1,000 participants from private sector and research and development institutions will share knowledge on the positive financial, environmental and social impacts of agroforestry in an international congress in New Delhi, India, in February next year.
The World Congress on Agroforestry titled 'Trees for Life' is aimed at accelerating the contribution trees can make to developments in the world.
The World Agroforestry Center (WAC) said an agricultural revolution was currently needed to meet the demands for food tomorrow.
'In the next 40 years, there is a need to grow food crops, as much as those that were produced in the past 8,000 years, while at the same time, demand for natural products such as timber, plant-based medicine and fodder, will be also burgeoning,' it said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Monday.
To meet the demands, the WAC said global agriculture needed to be drastically modified, especially by incorporating useful trees both in agriculture farms and in the landscape.
The congress, which is jointly organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and the Indian Society of Agroforestry, is set to take place on Feb.10 to Feb.14.
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, is scheduled to make the congress' inaugural remarks while leading scientist MS Swaminathan will give a keynote address on what agroforestry can contribute to global developments.
'Trees play a crucial role in almost all of ecosystems on the Earth and benefit rural and urban populations as well,' said WAC director general Tony Simons.
He further said landscapes without trees could quickly erode into barren and unproductive expenses.
'Not only bringing environmental benefits, adding trees to agriculture can be highly profitable. This congress will produce a roadmap for the future of agroforestry,' Simons said. (ebf)
