Scaling up agroforestry - policy brief launch by Agroforestry Network

On 12 December 2022, Agroforestry Network launched the policy brief "Scaling up agroforestry". Agroforestry can help solve challenges posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity, and at the same time improve ecosystem services, local economies and rural livelihoods. The policy brief focuses on opportunities, barriers and actions for spreading agroforestry systems more widely.
In this launch event, the main author of the policy brief, Linnéa Pasquier from Agroforestry Sweden, presents the brief. After that follows a panel discussion about how to scale up agroforestry. On the panel are:
Elaine Springgay, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, FAO
Judit Csikvári, European Agroforestry Federation, EURAF
Elisabeth Simelton, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida
Emilie Molin, Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
Sara Furenhed, Swedish Board of Agriculture
Linnéa Pasquier, Agroforestry Sweden
Moderator is Charlotta Szczepanowski, Vi Agroforestry (Vi-skogen).
Agroforestry Network is a platform for international agroforestry practise, based in Sweden. Members of the network are Vi Agroforestry (Vi-skogen), World Agroforestry, SLU Global - part of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative SIANI, SwedBio - a programme at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Agroforestry Sweden, the forest, climate and livelihood research network FOCALI, NIRAS Development Consulting, and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.
The policy brief is published on agroforestrynetwork.org