“Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment: Paradox in Resource Depletion Nigeria’s Endangered Environment: Agenda for a New Millennium Excerpts from Proceedings and Policy Recommendations of the 7th Obafemi Awolowo Foundation Dialogue

Outline:

         Introduction
         Environment
         The Shifting Cultivation System
-           Deforestation
-           Land Degradation
-           Micro-climate Change
-           Biodiversity Loss
-           Food Security
-           Global Warming
         Strategies for Sustainable Environmental Conservation
         Agro-forestry defined
         Agro-forestry Options for Nigeria
-           Improved fallows
-           Taungya System
-           Alley Cropping
-           Multiple Purpose Trees and Shrubs on Farmland
-           Crop Combination with Plantation Crop
-           Other Agro-forestry Systems
         Conclusion/Summary of Discussions