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GLOBAL WORKING GROUP Discussions Outcomes 12042012

Purpose. Explore the concept of having a new network to foster global collaboration, information exchange, and capacity building to support the community of nations engaged in scaling-up evergreen agriculture, and assisting them to overcome the barriers to adoption. IDEA: Create a network based on

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GLOBAL WORKING GROUP Discussions Outcomes 12042012

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    1. GLOBAL WORKING GROUP Discussions Outcomes 12042012 BEATING FAMINE World Agroforestry Centre Nairobi April 10-13, 2012

    2. Purpose Explore the concept of having a new network to foster global collaboration, information exchange, and capacity building to support the community of nations engaged in scaling-up evergreen agriculture, and assisting them to overcome the barriers to adoption

    3. IDEA: Create a network based on a movement Evergreen agriculture is out of the box – capture the moment and create a new global network

    6. 1. Clearinghouse for the Evidence Base and Support Research and key Barriers to Scaling-up. Satisfy the need for hard data Inform, validate, integrate with operatives. Collaboration to get long term evidence from program M&E Interview farmers to find the modifications then find the evidence/science that explains or validates it ( or questions it) Highlight relationships with outcomes/goals (next)

    7. Articulate the link between Evergreen Ag and key outcomes Nutrition: relationship between increase in agricultural productivity and wellbeing. Health: children, disease, Social/Political Issues (refugees, security etc) Carbon Sequestration Gender issues Highlight why it takes time to achieve sustainable change (fight the 18mth target mentality)

    8. 2. Facilitating and supporting extension, capacity building and on ground projects. Training people on the ground Coordination and networking Developing industrial tree product markets, value chains Guiding project methods (prizes, extension) Facilitating farmer-to-farmer learning between projects and countries Policy changes in countries and regions to support Evergreen Ag Provide privileged access to research/technical support for on-ground projects

    9. 3. Promoting Evergreen Ag to the Donors and Governments and their community. Engaging the urban community into the re-greening of rural lands Highlighting how other policies (trade) impact on Re- greening Advocating/promoting the link between Evergreen Ag to outcomes: children, women, livelihoods Develop and promote the BRAND (Advertising) Influence International meetings (Rio +20) by engaging with powerful and giving them the credit

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