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October 2008 AGROFORESTRY NEWSLINE >>> October 2008 News of the science and practice of temperate agroforestry in North America, brought to you by the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA). IN THIS EDITION:
The September Issue of Temperate Agroforester Now available for viewing online, the September issue of the Temperate Agroforester presents an article on a living snowfence in Davenport, Washington where they sometimes say "trees won't grow." The 2009 11th North American Agroforestry Conference: Call for Papers The 11th North American Agroforestry Conference of the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA) will be held May 31 – June 4, 2009 at the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center located in Columbia, Missouri. The conference, held by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA), has made a first call for papers. Abstracts for oral presentations and poster presentations must be electronically submitted by November 1st, 2008. For more details pertaining to the conference, please visit the UMCA website. The 2009 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry The 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry will be held August 23rd-28th, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. Its theme will be “Agroforestry – The Future of Global Land Use”. The 2nd World Congress on Agroforestry will assess opportunities to leverage scientific agroforestry in promoting sustainable land use world wide. The Congress will be organized by ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre) at the conference facilities of UNEP (UN Environment Programme). For more details, please see the Congress website. The University of Missouri Black Walnut Financial Model The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA) developed a useful Black Walnut Financial Model to assists potential growers in making decisions about tree spacing, nut harvest, and whether or not to use improved (grafted) or unimproved trees. The model should be used to consider how management decisions will affect the financial performance of a Walnut plantation. For more information, see the website listed above. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to UMCA for the information they contributed this month. YOU CAN HELP Please tell us about agroforestry-related news from your area or institution. We welcome your contributions of photos and/or news about useful information sources (in print and online), education and training opportunities, research or demonstration projects, success stories, etc. For submission guidelines, please visit www.aftaweb.org/resources1.php?page=47. Contact the Newsline editor by e-mailing infonews@aftaweb.org. SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE To Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the Agroforestry Newsline: www.aftaweb.org/resources1.php?page=7 |
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