The EverGreen Agriculture Partnership is organizing a side event at the Congress on Thursday, 13 February at 1530 hours in the Turquoise Room of the Kempinski.
This side event will provide a forum for catalyzing momentum and linkage between research and scaling activities to spread EverGreen Agriculture technologies in several high potential regions of the world. Participants will be provided the opportunity to brainstorm and plan potential activities to take EverGreen Agriculture forward in their regions, the plans developed will form the basis of the EverGreen Agriculture Partnership’s strategy to provide assistance and support to the regions.

EverGreen Agriculture is emerging as a science-based solution to regenerate the land, combat desertification and increase family food production and cash income.  It is a form of more intensive farming that integrates trees into crop and livestock production systems at the field, farm and landscape scale.  Millions of men and women in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia and other countries are already practicing EverGreen Agriculture, and the momentum for its spread is accelerating.

PROGRAMME
Welcome & Overview of the event , Dr. Dennis Garrity
Opening remarks, Dr. MS. Swaminathan
Review of advances and plans for EGA in the Sahel, Dr. Antoine Kalinganire
Review of advances and plans for EGA in East Africa, Dr. Jeremias Mowo
Review of advances and plans for EGA in Southern Africa, Dr. Sileshi Getahun and Issac Nyoka
Review of advances and plans for EGA in South Asia, V.P. Singh & Dr. Sanjay Tomar
Breakout Groups by region to examine critical needs and map out an action plan
Breakout Groups report back to plenary
Wrap up & Closure, Dr. Dennis Garrity