Andre Hucq, Ph'D

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• Andre Hucq, Ph.D
• Centre for Studies in Agriculture, Law and the
  Environment
• (CSALE)
• University of Saskatchewan
• AGROFORESTRY NETWORK MEETING, Ottawa
• 24th September, 2001

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Web Sites

• PowerPoint Presentation
• www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/NSERC.ppt
• Draft letter to NSERC
• www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/nserc1.pdf
• Report to the Dean of Agriculture
• http//www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/Dean.P
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• NSERC
• www.nserc.ca/guide/b2_e.htm
• Andre Hucq
• hucq_at_duke.usask.ca

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NSERC Network Application

• UofS
• SERM, SAF, SRC, PFRA
• Guelph, UofA
• CFS
• AgWest Biotech

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Format of Presentation

• NSERC
• NETWORK
• PARTNERSHIP
• MANAGEMENT
• AGROFORESTRY

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A Network

• The National Afforestation and Agroforestry
  Research Network
• Comprising
• Universities
• Government
• Private Industry
• Land owners (farmers First Nations Others).

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A Definition

• Agroforestry comprises all land-use systems
  and practices in which woody perennials are
  intentionally grown on the same land unit as
  crops and/or animals.
•                     Shelterbelts
•                      Riparian forest buffers
•                      Alley cropping
•                      Silvopasture
•                      Forest farming
•                      Block plantations

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Why Agroforestry?

• Economic sense (so far, numbers look good)
• Poor prospects for agriculture
• Rural revitalization
• Provide for future national wood supply
• GHG (Kyoto commitments, credits, etc.)
• Income for First Nations
• Diversification
• Environment

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Afforestation(In the context of the NSERC
Application)
Afforestation is the intentional planting of
trees for commercial or industrial purposes on
agricultural land that has not previously had
trees or where the trees have been removed for
agricultural purposes.
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Agroforestry
Agroforestry represents the use of these trees
within a systems approach such as silvopasture,
fiber supply allocation, companion planting and
phyto/bioremediation. Agroforestry combines
agriculture and forestry through a set of
guidelines formulated to create a more
integrated, diverse and sustainable land-use
system.
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Institutional Interest (to date)
afforestation (within the context of this letter)
and agroforestry represent neither forestry nor
agriculture per se but are fully-fledged entities
of their own that includes guidelines and
principles drawn from both forestry and
agriculture but within their own physical,
economic, scientific and technical framework.
For this reason, few Canadian academic
institutions have researched this topic to any
degree.
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Economics (Simplified)

• Several fixed and variable inputs are combined to
  produce at least two products.
• Quantities (and type) of all outputs can be
  varied by deliberate management decisions.
• Add trees to the land so long as the benefits
  from each additional tree are greater than the
  benefits forgone from what that tree is replacing.

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Why a network?

• Centre has some negative connotation
• Interdisciplinary nature of work
• Difficulty/complexity of task
• Coordination of task reduced duplication
• Access to large database
• Sharing data and information
• Open internal/external communication
• Piggy back on existing work
• U.S. already far ahead

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NSERC (1)

• NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering
  Research Council of Canada) is the national
  instrument for making strategic investments in
  Canada's capability in science and technology.

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NSERC (2)

• NSERC supports both basic university research
  through research grants and project research
  through partnerships of universities with
  industry, as well as the advanced training of
  highly qualified people in both areas.

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Research Networks (1)

• The Research Networks program funds large-scale,
  complex research proposals that involve
  multi-sectoral collaborations on a common
  research theme and that demonstrate the added
  advantages of a networking approach.

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Research Networks (2)

• A management structure is required to direct,
  manage, and integrate the activities of the
  network. Research Networks normally require in
  excess of 500,000 annually from NSERC.

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Goals of Network (1)

• The objectives of the National Afforestation and
  Agroforestry Research Network are
•          To foster the creation of knowledge and
  expertise that can most effectively be attained
  through large-scale multidisciplinary research
  projects
•          To foster the collaboration between
  university-and college-based researchers and
  other sectors
•          To foster the transfer of knowledge and
  expertise to Canadian-based organizations

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Goals of Network (2)

•       To foster the training of qualified
  personnel
•     To provide economic benefits to Canada,
•     To further the advance of knowledge
• To develop a sound and vibrant
  agroforestry infrastructure throughout
  Canada.

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INPUT MARKET
LAND OWNERS
OUTPUT MARKET
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Agroforestry Network

• Research
• Extension
• Education
• Promotion (Marketing)
• Networking
• The creation of an industrial infrastructure
  based on agroforestry.

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Goals

• Grow from within
• Strong extension component
• Strong networking
• Equal partners
• Federal Provincial
• Industry, government, farmers and other land
  owners

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Universities (1)

• Agroforestry Research
• Minnesota (The Center for Integrated Natural
  Resources and Agricultural Management CINRAM)
• Wisconsin (The William F. Heckrodt Program of
  Excellence for Fiber Crop Development and
  Utilization)
• Florida (Georgia, Alabama, Virgin Island) Centre
  for Sub-Tropical Agroforestry)

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Universities (2)

• Agroforestry (cont.)
• Missouri - Center for Agroforestry
• Nebraska US National Agroforestry Centre
• Oregon
• Washington State
• Guelph

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Universities (3)

• Forestry
• UBC
• Laval
• Alberta

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Universities (4)

• Agriculture
• UofS
• Guelph
• Laval

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Network Management

• The network would comprise three levels
•           The Regional Level
•          The Canadian Level, and
•          The North American Level.

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other
engineered wood products
GHG
food
RESEARCH
tree species
ethanol
pulp/ paper
electricity
silvopasture
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InstitutionsThe Regional Level Example The
Western Level

• UofS, UofA, UofM,
• SAF, SERM, PFRA, SRC,
• FSIN
• The Eastern Level
• Guelph, Canadian Universities
• Other Institutional

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InstitutionsThe Canadian Level

• NRCAN
• DU
• AAFC
• Forest 20/20
• Environment Canada
• Canadian Universities

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InstitutionsThe North American Level

• Linking Canadian network with U.S. Universities.

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Some Saskatchewan Initiatives

• The Agroforestry Opportunities Team of
  Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food
• The Agroforestry Teaching and Research
  Development Committee established by the Dean,
  College of Agriculture, University of
  Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Agroforestry Course Development
  Committee, Cumberland College.

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Poplar Planting
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June 1999
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June July 2000
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September 28, 2000 14 ft Tall
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• Large biomass
• source for
• Power
• Ethanol
• Pulp and Paper
• Engineered wood products

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Carbon Sequestration Potential (simplified)
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Value of Agroforestry to Canada (1)

• Diversify products and farm income
• Improve soil quality and reduce erosion
• Improve water quality
• Enhance wildlife habitat improve biodiversity
• Reduce pest management inputs
• Increased aesthetics
• Rural revitalization

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Value of Agroforestry to Canada (2)

• Carbon sequestration
• Tree farms (for engineered products, ethanol,
  energy)
• Improved woodlot management
• Forest products (mushroom, ginseng, berries,
  hunting facilities etc.)
• Organic farming potential
• Provide for future Canadian wood supply

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Current Needs

• Systems (species mix) that will work for Canada
  (biological, economics, etc)
• Demonstration sites
• Extension and information
• Education
• Funding
• Partnerships and Networking

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NSERC Collaborative Research  Network

• Objectives
• creation of knowledge and expertise that can most
  effectively be attained through large-scale
  multidisciplinary research projects
• collaboration between university and
  college-based researchers and other sectors
• transfer of knowledge and expertise to
  Canadian-based organizations
• training of highly qualified personnel and
• social and/or economic benefits to Canada.

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Web Sites

• PowerPoint Presentation
• www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/NSERC.ppt
• Draft letter to NSERC
• www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/nserc1.pdf
• Report to the Dean of Agriculture
• http//www.usask.ca/agriculture/caedac/pubs/Dean.P
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• NSERC
• www.nserc.ca/guide/b2_e.htm
• Andre Hucq
• hucq_at_duke.usask.ca