Great Lakes Center for Culture, Peace and Development : Agroforestry role

Integration of woody perennials in the farming systems to improve land productivity through conservation of soils, nutrients and biodiversity to augment natural resource conservation, restoration of ecological balance, alleviation of poverty and to mitigate risks of weather vagaries.
1.Agroforestry systems for improving resource productivity.
Improvement and mass multiplication of elite plants of suitable agroforestry woody
perennials
2Ecosystem based approach for agroforestry development with focus on watershed.
3. Agroforestry for bioremediation and carbon sequestration.
4. Agroforestry for livelihood support and employment avenues.
5.Dissemination of technologies; offering training and consultancy.

GLCPD OBJECTIVES

A.To undertake basic and applied research for developing and delivering technologies based on sustainable agroforestry practices for farms, marginal land and wastelands in different agroclimatic zones in India.

B.To provide training in (a) research methodologies and (b) use and application of technologies
developed, at various levels.
C.To develop technological packages of different agroforestry practices for various agroclimatic
zones for transfer to farm, field and wastelands.
D. To act as repository of information on the subject.
E. To collaborate with relevant national and international agencies for achieving the mandate.
F.To provide consultancy.

The December 2010 issue highlights the following research

* GENOCIDE: Preventing Identity Conflicts Leading to Genocide and Mass Killings

* NON-STATE ARMED GROUPS: Militias, Rebels and Islamist Militants: Human Insecurity and State Crises in Africa

* HUMANITARIAN SPACE: Shrinking Humanitarian Space? Trends and Prospects on Security and Access

* DERADICALIZATION: Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists

* AFGHANISTAN: Means to What End?: Policymaking and State-Building in Afghanistan

* SUDAN: Hoping for Peace, Afraid of War: The Dilemmas of Repatriation and Belonging on the Borders of Uganda and South Sudan

* FRAGILE STATES: Engaging Fragile States: An International Policy Primer

* PEACE PROCESSES: Money Makers as Peace Makers?: Business Actors in Mediation Processes

* AID: Domestic Humanitarian Response: Uganda Report

* WOMEN: National Outrage: Violence Against Internally Displaced Women and Girls in Eastern Chad

* BURUNDI: Closing Doors?: The Narrowing of Democratic Space in Burundi

* MELANESIA: Conflict in Melanesia: Themes and Lessons