Introduction

During May and June 2006, Permanent Agriculture Resources held agroforestry workshops in Kona, Hawai‘i, Hagåtña, Guam, and Koror, Palau. There were a total of over 160 participants, speakers, and field tour presenters involved in the workshops. We are very grateful for the participation of the many presenters and sponsors who made these workshops possible.

In order to maximize the value of the workshops, from this page you can download many of the lecture presentations and view photographs from the many field tours. The lecture presentations are pdf files that you can view with Acrobat Reader. Click here to download the free Acrobat Reader if you do not already have it installed on your computer.

Kona lectures and field tours

Palau lectures and field tours

Guam lectures and field tours

Pacific Islands Agroforestry Resources (pdf)

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Trees for improving profitability, sustainability,
and resource conservation on farms and ranches

Tuesday, May 16–Friday, May 19, 2006
Keauhou (Kahalu‘u), Kona, Hawai‘i

Agenda [download workshop agenda (pdf)]

Tuesday, May 16, 2006, Kona, Hawai‘i

7:30–8:30 Registration, coffee
8:30–9:00 Opening ceremony (photos), Kumu Keala Ching, Na Wai Iwi Ola
9:00–9:20 Welcome—workshop overview (photos), Craig Elevitch
9:20–10:00 Agroforestry—tree-based polycultures (pdf), Roger R. B. Leakey
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:00 Optimizing tree-crop interactions [Hawai‘i version] (pdf), J. B. Friday
11:00–11:30 Importance of mixed crop farming systems and agroforestry (pdf), Craig Elevitch
11:30–12:00 Integrating systems from ocean to mountain, Kauhane Morton
12:15 Leave hotel
12:30–1:30 Lunch, Nasturtium Cafe (photos), Kealakekua, Kona
2:00–3:30 ‘Ohi‘a Forest Farm (understory planting of commercial and noncommercial plants in the understory of a native ‘ohi‘a lehua forest) (photos) (tour handout pdf), Trisha and Denver Leaman
3:30–5:00 Mother Goose Farms (certified organic shade-grown coffee and other crops with geese and sheep weed control), Vicki and John Swift (photos) (tour handout pdf)
6:00 back at hotel

Wednesday, May 17, 2006, Kona, Hawai‘i

7:30–8:00 Coffee
8:00–8:30 Summary and day plan, Craig Elevitch
8:30–9:00 Practical approaches to species selection [Hawai‘i version] (pdf), J.B. Friday
9:00–9:30 Conserving traditional varieties of economic plants (pdf), Diane Ragone
9:30–10:00 Domestication and commercialization of agroforestry trees for AFTPs (pdf),
Roger R.B. Leakey
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:00 Value-added marketing (pdf), Ken Love
11:00–11:30 Direct marketing and value-added strategies for agroforestry (pdf), Debbie Ward
11:45 Leave hotel
12:00–1:00 Lunch, Kunitake Farm (photos), Holualoa, Kona
1:00–1:15 Kunitake Farm, traditional Kona coffee farm (photos) (tour handout pdf), Larry and Maxine Kunitake
1:15–1:30 Faleofa farm, mixed cropping Tongan style (photos) (tour handout pdf), Kamilo Faleofa
1:30–2:00 Orchard alley cropping (a 1995 WSARE project) (uncertified organic, fast-growing contour hedgerows of nitrogen-fixing trees for crop mulch) (photos), Craig Elevitch
2:00–2:30 Forest Stewardship Project (mixed plantings of native and exotic trees) (photos), Mark Kimball
2:30–3:00 Blue Sky Farm (coffee, macnuts, avocado, and other crops) (photos), Christian Twigg-Smith
3:30–5:30 Holualoa Kona Coffee (certified organic, shade-grown coffee with on-farm processing and direct sales) (photos), Desmond Twigg-Smith
6:00 back at hotel

Thursday, May 18, 2006, Kona, Hawai‘i

7:30–8:00 Coffee
8:00–8:30 Summary and day plan, Craig Elevitch
8:30–9:00 Agroforestry-friendly NRCS standards (pdf), Mike Robotham
9:00–9:30 Windbreaks for agroforestry: Fresh ideas with multi-use species (pdf), Bob Joy
9:30–10:00 Soil quality considerations with agroforestry (pdf), Mike Robotham
10:00–10:30 Plant materials available from the NRCS Plant Materials Center at Ho‘olehua, Moloka‘i (pdf), Bob Joy
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Leave hotel
12:15–1:15 Lunch, Waimea
1:15–2:15 Tour of windbreak trials and forage tree trials at the UH CTAHR Mealani Experiment Station (photos), J. B. Friday
3:00–5:30 Ninole Orchards (diverse tropical fruit orchard and peach palm plantation with windbreaks) (photos), John Mood
7:00 back at hotel

Friday, May 19, 2006, Kona, Hawai‘i

7:30–8:00 Coffee
8:00–8:30 Summary and day plan, Craig Elevitch
8:30–9:00 Agroecology and sustainability (pdf), Roger R. B. Leakey
9:00–9:30 Poly- and mono-cultures, the good, bad and ugly (pdf), Scot Nelson
9:30–10:00 Biodiversity in traditional Pacific island agriculture (pdf), Diane Ragone
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:00 Introduction to vegetative propagation of trees (pdf), Roger R. B. Leakey
11:00–11:30 Guided tour of Pacific island agroforestry resources (pdf), Craig Elevitch
11:30–11:45 Concluding remarks and discussion
11:45–12:00 Closing

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Trees for improving profitability, sustainability,
and resource conservation on farms and ranches

Monday, June 26–Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Koror, Palau

Agenda [download agenda (pdf)]

Monday, June 26, 2006, Koror, Palau

7:30–8:00 Registration, coffee
8:00–8:30 Opening welcome
8:30–8:45 Welcome—workshop overview, Craig Elevitch
8:45–9:30 Agroforestry—tree-based polycultures (pdf), Roger R.B. Leakey
9:30–10:00 Traditional Pacific island agroforestry systems (pdf), Harley Manner
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:00 Traditional Palauan agroforestry systems (pdf), Robin DeMeo
11:00–11:30 Biodiversity in traditional Pacific island agriculture (pdf), Diane Ragone
11:30–12:00 Optimizing tree-crop interactions [Guam-Palau version] (pdf), J. B. Friday
12:15–1:00 Lunch, hotel
1:00 Leave hotel on buses
1:30–2:30 Jack Masters (photos), Airai, Palau
2:30–3:30 Noni farm (photos), Airai, Palau
3:30–5:00 John Oiph (photos), Airai, Palau
6:00 back at hotel

Tuesday, June 27, 2006, Koror, Palau

7:30–8:00 Coffee
8:00–8:30 Soil quality considerations with agroforestry [Palau version] (pdf), Bob Gavenda
8:30–9:00 Practical approaches to species selection [Palau version] (pdf), J. B. Friday
9:00–9:30 Direct marketing and value added strategies for agroforestry (pdf), Diane Ragone
9:30–10:00 Coffee break
10:00–10:15 Poly- and mono-cultures, the good, bad and ugly (pdf), Scot Nelson (presented by J. B. Friday)
10:15–11:00 Introduction to vegetative propagation of trees (pdf), Roger R.B. Leakey
11:00–11:45 Domestication and commercialization of agroforestry trees for AFTPs (pdf), Roger R.B. Leakey
12:00–1:00 Lunch, hotel
1:00 Leave hotel
1:30–2:30 Marcello Brell (photos), Koror, Palau
2:30–3:30 OISCA farm (photos), Nekken, Palau
3:30–5:00 Nekken Ag Station Forestry Nursery (photos), Nekken, Palau
6:00 back at hotel, closing

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Thursday, June 29, Guam

7:30–8:30 Registration, coffee
8:30–9:00 Opening welcome
9:00–9:15 Welcome—workshop overview, Craig Elevitch
9:15–10:00 Agroforestry—tree-based polycultures (pdf), Roger R.B. Leakey
10:00–10:30 Traditional Pacific island agroforestry systems (pdf), Harley Manner
10:30–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–11:30 Biodiversity in traditional Pacific island agriculture (pdf), Diane Ragone
11:30–12:00 Optimizing tree-crop interactions [Guam-Palau version] (pdf), J. B. Friday
12:00–1:00 Lunch, hotel
1:00 Leave hotel
1:30–2:30 Fruit trees, intercropped with vegetables and root crops with resource recycling (organic) (photos), Hugo Gange, Dededo, Guam
2:30–3:30 Multi-story, multi-crop commercial farm with extensive windbreaks and no-till fields, Bernard Watson (photos), Northern Guam
3:30–5:00 Complex cropping system on sloping land (small farm) (photos), Jose C. Santos, Piti, Guam
6:00 back at hotel

Friday, June 30, Guam

7:30–8:00 Coffee
8:00–8:30 NRCS “agroforestry friendly” standards (pdf), Bart Lawrence
8:30–9:00 Soil quality considerations with agroforestry (pdf), Bob Gavenda
9:00–9:30 Quantifying traditional agroforestry systems (pdf), Harley Manner
9:30–10:00 Conserving traditional varieties of economic plants (pdf), Diane Ragone
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:15 Introduction to vegetative propagation of trees (pdf), Roger R.B. Leakey
11:15–12:00 Domestication and commercialization of agroforestry trees for AFTPs (pdf), Roger R.B. Leakey
12:00–1:00 Lunch, hotel
1:00–1:30 Fresh perspectives in windbreak design (pdf), Bart Lawrence
1:30–2:00 Practical approaches to species selection [Guam version] (pdf), J. B. Friday
2:00–2:30 Direct marketing and value added strategies for agroforestry (pdf), Craig Smith
2:30–3:00 Coffee break
3:30–4:15 Agroecology and sustainability (pdf), Roger R.B. Leakey
4:15–4:30 Guided tour of Pacific island agroforestry resources (pdf), Craig Elevitch
4:30–5:00 Concluding remarks and discussion