@article{Landicho:199322,
      recid = {199322},
      author = {Landicho, Leila D.},
      title = {PAFERN: Advancing Philippine Agroforestry Education and  Research via Networking},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development},
      address = {2011-06},
      number = {1362-2016-107707},
      pages = {15},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Agroforestry education in the Philippines is already 30  years old. While there was interest among the state  colleges and universities to offer various agroforestry  education programs in the Philippines, these institutions  were faced with a number of issues, development needs, and  challenges that hindered program implementation. 
This  article highlights the significant contributions of the  Philippine Agroforestry Education and Research Network  (PAFERN) in strengthening the quality of agroforestry  education in the Philippines. It argues that institutional  capacity-building programs of PAFERN made a difference in  the current state of agroforestry education in the  Philippines. These include building staff capability,  establishing learning resources and support facilities,  developing institutional linkages, providing access to  agroforestry information, and enhancing policy advocacy  programs.
PAFERN’s experiences in strengthening  agroforestry education in the Philippines only prove that  creative networking and implementation of need-driven  capacity-building programs would help advance a specific  field or area of concern. PAFERN should continue providing  institutional capacity-building programs to sustain its  relationships, resources, and relevance in a changing  world.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/199322},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.199322},
}