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Multidisciplinary Agroforestry Study Mission to France, May 21 to 25 2012 - mission report / : Mission d'étude multidisciplinaire sur l'agroforesterie en France, rapport de la mission effectuée du 21 au 25 mai 2012

24 Dec 2013

The general objective of the mission was to enable the participants to understand the organizational and operational structure of the agroforestry sector in France, by identifying the organizations involved, the available human, material and financial resources, the operational and regulatory challenges, the manner in which economic and political aspects are taken into account, and the way in whic [...] In addition to shedding light on the key aspects of the evolution of agroforestry in France, this mission allowed the Quebec and French stakeholders to get to know and understand each other better and to lay the foundation for future collaborations that could lead to the development of agroforestry systems suitable for the challenges and issues specific to Quebec and Canada. [...] The idea was essentially for the participants to immerse themselves in the current agroforestry issues and activities in France and to discover the various technical, social, economic and regional facets in order to assess the extent to which the lessons learned from the French experience could be applied in the Quebec and Canadian context. [...] The general objective of the mission was to enable the participants to understand the organizational and operational structure of the agroforestry sector in France, by identifying the organizations involved, the available human, material and financial resources, the operational and regulatory challenges, the manner in which economic and policy aspects are taken into account, and the way in which a [...] Given the wide variety of systems and the significant contrasts among both the regions and the contexts in which the systems had been implemented, the participants were able to get an idea of the diversity of situations in which the adoption of agroforestry is considered and even, in some cases, has been demonstrated to be a viable, promising practice.
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Authors

Olivier, Alain, Laroche, Geneviève

ISBN
9781100230641
Pages
50
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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