Bold book scoping agroforestry around the Pacific Rim launched in Fiji

The University of the South Pacific (USP) and the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) jointly launched Raising Trees & Livelihoods in Fiji last September. Co-edited by Professor Digby Race, the Dean of the Graduate School at USP, and Gib Wettenhall from em PRESS, the book aims to bridge the gap between traditional forestry and agriculture practices by showcasing the benefits of integrating trees into farming systems. It draws on South Pacific, Asia, Africa, and Latin America case studies.

The book offers a comprehensive insight into the community-scale and national-scale potential of agroforestry, within the tropical regions of the world. Supported by ACIAR, the book draws on a decade’s worth of findings from more than 15 ACIAR-supported projects in tropical countries around the world. It provides a holistic analysis of how agroforestry can address challenges faced by smallholders who, according to statistics, manage less than two hectares of land, yet produce about one-third of the world’s food in the face of climate change, land degradation, and market volatility.

This is the second book Gib has co-edited with Digby.  The first reviewed the results of joint Australian and Indonesian agroforestry research with smallholders in Indonesia – visit Adding Value to the Farmers' Trees in Reviews.
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For more information and to order a copy,  visit the University of the South Pacific Book Centre or contact Professor Digby Race on [email protected]

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