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El proyecto está financiado con 1.85 Millones de Euro del programa INCO de la Unión Europea (PL 510903) y recibe contribuciones significantes de las organizaciones contrapartes involucradas. El consorcio, coordinado por la Universidad de Freiburg en Alemania es compuesto por los siguientes socios: Instituto do Homen e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (IMAZON) y la Universidad Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), ambos en Brasil, la Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Integral (AIDER) en Perú; la Universidad Autónoma de Beni (UAB) en Bolivia, el Servicio Forestal Amazónico (SFA) en Ecuador, la Universidad de Wageningen en los Países Bajos, la Universidad de León en España y el Centro de Investigación Forestal (CIFOR). El proyecto empezó el 1 de febrero de 2005 y va a terminar el 31 de enero de 2008.
SAHELIAN FRUIT TREES
The European Commission and the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Netherlands have entered into an agreement to strengthen the potential of indigenous fruit trees in the agro forestry parklands of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to improve local livelihoods. With a total budget of 1,5 million euros for 4 years (2006-2009), this project, SAFRUIT, is a joint effort with the Danish Centre for Forest Landscape and Planning (leading partner), University of Wales Bangor (United Kingdom) and six leading African research institutes. The LEI contribution to SAFRUIT aims to 106
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assess the potential of fruit trees for local livelihood improvements, to identify institutional and legal opportunities and constraints for enhanced use of fruit trees and their sustainable management, and to improve the marketing of fruit tree food products to increase local incomes. LEI researchers will pilot a participatory learning and action approach that will address the immediate concerns and issues of local communities and encourage their participation in sustainable parkland tree management. Its application in three pilot areas will be used to demonstrate the utility of this approach across West Africa. More information, please contact: Jolanda van den Berg Agricultural Economics Research Institute P.O. Box 297037 2502 LS The Hague The Netherlands Phone: +31 703358165 Fax: +31 70 3358196 Email: jolanda.vandenberg@wur.nl
GLOBAL HORTICULTURE INITIATIVE LAUNCHED Research to make a change for the resource-poor The geographical focus of the Global Horticulture Initiative is the developing world, with sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where most of the world s extreme poor live, as primary focal points. Secondary regions of emphasis will be in Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.