Re: Rural Develpment Forestry and Agroforestry

• Subject: Re: Rural Develpment Forestry and Agroforestry
• From: "Lawrence K. Miller" <Larry_Miller@bc.com>
• Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:02:01 -0600
• Approved-By: Larry_Miller@BC.COM
• Message-ID: <38624A6E8B94D111B9E30004AC602C33ACB4AC@bo00sxp2.bc.com>

I belong to an agroforestry list, although there isn't much activity on it,
much to my disappointment.  Address is:

afta@lists.missouri.edu

Good luck in generating some new discussion.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve [SMTP:kundeco@isd.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 1998 6:13 AM
> To:   FOREST@listserv.funet.fi
> Subject:      Re: Rural Develpment Forestry and Agroforestry
>
> Stephen Nicholson
> Kunde Co., Inc.
> 2311 Woodbridge St. #170
> Roseville, MN  55113
> http://www.kundeco.com
> 651-484-0114
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Torsten Mark Kowal [SMTP:tmkowal@globalnet.hn]
> Sent:   Thursday, October 01, 1998 11:55 PM
> To:     FOREST@listserv.funet.fi
> Subject:        Rural Develpment Forestry and Agroforestry
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> However there seems to have been little serious discussion of themes in
> two
> interlinked areas: these neglected disciplines are, in my view, Rural
> Development  Forestry and, within this, Agroforestry, both highly relevant
> to the role of trees/forests in tropical and temperate landscapes.
>
>
> 1. Is there a particular reason why so few queries and comments on this
> list deal with topics related to these two disciplines?  Has anyone ever
> carried out an analysis of the topics discussed on this list during its
> lifespan, to review whether the topics discussed so far have covered the
> full scope of 'forestry' within land use, or to ascertain any bias in the
> topics addressed?
> Yes, I believe there is a a good reason. At one time there was, and may
> still be, an Agroforestry discussion/news group. I believe it pre-dated
> this one, though I cannot be sure. Years ago when I monitored it, that
> news group had the problem of being the catch-all for forestry of all
> types and, thereby, diluting its Agroforestry focus. But it was still an
> important source of information.
>
> It struck me that there is a heavy emphasis on forest industry (thus the
> vigorous ongoing debates on plantations and the impact of industrial scale
> forestry) and that this might explain the limited attention to the
> nuts-and-bolts of RDF/agroforestry research, extension and project
> management.
>
> In my opinion, Agroforestry is part of the "forest industry". The black
> walnut grower intercopping soybeans or ginseng may not gross what
> International Paper or Boise Cascade does but it is a business
> none-the-less.

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