Andre Hucq, Ph.D Centre for Studies in Agriculture, Law and the Environment (CSALE)

1. Andre Hucq, Ph.D Centre for Studies in Agriculture, Law and the Environment (CSALE) University of Saskatchewan AGROFORESTRY NETWORK MEETING, Ottawa 24th September, 2001

2. Web Sites • PowerPoint Presentation: www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/NSERC.ppt • Draft letter to NSERC: www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/nserc1.pdf • Report to the Dean of Agriculture: http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/Dean.PDF • NSERC: www.nserc.ca/guide/b2_e.htm • Andre Hucq: hucq@duke.usask.ca

3. NSERC Network Application UofS SERM, SAF, SRC, PFRA Guelph, UofA CFS AgWest Biotech

4. Format of Presentation • NSERC • NETWORK • PARTNERSHIP • MANAGEMENT • AGROFORESTRY

5. A Network The National Afforestation and Agroforestry Research Network Comprising: • Universities; • Government; • Private Industry; • Land owners (farmers; First Nations; Others).

6. A Definition Agroforestry comprises all land-use systems and practices in which woodyperennials are intentionally grown on the same land unit as crops and/or animals. ·Shelterbelts; ·Riparian forest buffers; ·Alley cropping; ·Silvopasture; ·Forest farming; ·Block plantations

7. Why Agroforestry? • Economic sense (so far, numbers look good); • Poor prospects for agriculture; • Rural revitalization; • Provide for future national wood supply; • GHG (Kyoto commitments, credits, etc.); • Income for First Nations; • Diversification; • Environment

8. Afforestation(In the context of the NSERC Application) Afforestation is the intentional planting of trees for commercial or industrial purposes on agricultural land that has not previously had trees or where the trees have been removed for agricultural purposes.

9. Agroforestry Agroforestry represents the use of these trees within a systems approach such as silvopasture, fiber supply allocation, companion planting and phyto/bioremediation. Agroforestry combines agriculture and forestry through a set of guidelines formulated to create a more integrated, diverse and sustainable land-use system.

10. Institutional Interest (to date) afforestation (within the context of this letter) and agroforestry represent neither forestry nor agriculture per se but are fully-fledged entities of their own that includes guidelines and principles drawn from both forestry and agriculture but within their own physical, economic, scientific and technical framework. For this reason, few Canadian academic institutions have researched this topic to any degree.

11. Economics (Simplified) • Several fixed and variable inputs are combined to produce at least two products. • Quantities (and type) of all outputs can be varied by deliberate management decisions. • Add trees to the land so long as the benefits from each additional tree are greater than the benefits forgone from what that tree is replacing.

12. Why a network? • Centre has some negative connotation; • Interdisciplinary nature of work; • Difficulty/complexity of task; • Coordination of task – reduced duplication; • Access to large database; • Sharing data and information; • Open internal/external communication; • Piggy back on existing work; • U.S. already far ahead

13. NSERC (1) • NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) is the national instrument for making strategic investments in Canada's capability in science and technology.

14. NSERC (2) • NSERC supports both basic university research through research grants and project research through partnerships of universities with industry, as well as the advanced training of highly qualified people in both areas.

15. Research Networks (1) The Research Networks program funds large-scale, complex research proposals that involve multi-sectoral collaborations on a common research theme and that demonstrate the added advantages of a networking approach.

16. Research Networks (2) • A management structure is required to direct, manage, and integrate the activities of the network. Research Networks normally require in excess of $500,000 annually from NSERC.

17. Goals of Network (1) The objectives of the National Afforestation and Agroforestry Research Network are: • ·To foster the creation of knowledge and expertise that can most effectively be attained through large-scale multidisciplinary research projects; • ·To foster the collaboration between university-and college-based researchers and other sectors; • ·To foster the transfer of knowledge and expertise to Canadian-based organizations;

18. Goals of Network (2) •       To foster the training of qualified personnel; • ·To provide economic benefits to Canada, • ·To further the advance of knowledge; • To develop a sound and vibrant agroforestry infrastructure throughout Canada.

19. INPUT MARKET LAND OWNERS OUTPUT MARKET

20. Agroforestry Network • Research • Extension • Education • Promotion (Marketing) • Networking • The creation of an industrial infrastructure based on agroforestry.

21. Goals • Grow from within; • Strong extension component; • Strong networking; • Equal partners; • Federal + Provincial; • Industry, government, farmers and other land owners;

22. Universities (1) Agroforestry Research • Minnesota (The Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management –CINRAM); • Wisconsin (The William F. Heckrodt Program of Excellence for Fiber Crop Development and Utilization); • Florida (Georgia, Alabama, Virgin Island): Centre for Sub-Tropical Agroforestry);

23. Universities (2) • Agroforestry (cont.) • Missouri - Center for Agroforestry; • Nebraska – US National Agroforestry Centre; • Oregon; • Washington State; • Guelph;

24. Universities (3) Forestry • UBC • Laval • Alberta

25. Universities (4) Agriculture • UofS • Guelph • Laval

26. Network Management The network would comprise three levels: • ·The Regional Level; • ·The Canadian Level, and; • ·The North American Level.

27. other soil DISCIPLINES INSTITUTIONS bio- technology animal science engineering law economics plant/ horticulture other engineered wood products GHG food RESEARCH tree species pulp/ paper ethanol electricity silvopasture

28. Institutions:The Regional Level Example The Western Level • UofS, UofA, UofM, • SAF, SERM, PFRA, SRC, • FSIN The Eastern Level • Guelph, Canadian Universities • Other Institutional

29. Institutions:The Canadian Level • NRCAN • DU • AAFC • Forest 20/20 • Environment Canada • Canadian Universities

30. Institutions:The North American Level • Linking Canadian network with U.S. Universities.

31. Some Saskatchewan Initiatives ·The Agroforestry Opportunities Team of Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food; The Agroforestry Teaching and Research Development Committee established by the Dean, College of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan Agroforestry Course Development Committee, Cumberland College.

40. Poplar Planting

41. June 1999

42. June – July 2000

43. September 28, 2000 – 14 ft Tall

44. Large biomass • source for: • Power • Ethanol • Pulp and Paper • Engineered wood products