Ecoagriculture Landscapes: Mobilizing Action Together

Policy Side Event at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry

Event Details

Nairobi, Kenya
United Nations Complex
August 27, 2009

Ecoagriculture Partners is pleased to announce its policy focused side event, "Ecoagriculture Landscapes: Mobilizing Action Together" on Thursday, 27 August 2009 at the 2nd World Agroforestry Congress in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ecoagriculture Partners is an international NGO working to promote development of ‘ecoagriculture landscapes’ that produce abundant food, rural livelihoods and ecosystem services. We partner with local and national Ecoagriculture Working Groups in Kenya, Uganda, Central America and the U.S., many of whom are actively involved in agroforestry.

This side event will update current and potential future partners about the recent work of Ecoagriculture Partners on:

• landscape planning and monitoring methods,
• green markets,
• climate policy and agriculture, 
• leadership development, and
• knowledge-sharing.

The group will discuss strategies for mobilizing policy action nationally and internationally to promote ecoagriculture. It will also offer an opportunity for Working Group partners to catch up with one another.

Key Contacts:

Sara J. Scherr, President, Ecoagriculture Partners or, Louise Buck, Ecoagriculture Partners/Cornell University

The side event will be held in Room 14 from 13:00-14:30 at the United Nations Complex in Gigiri, Nairobi. You can find the full list of side events here: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/WCA2009/side_events

The 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry is being held from 23-28 August 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. You can find valuable information about the Congress, including visa requirements, discounted airfare, accommodation and event schedules at: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/