Trees outside forests module for Regional Rice Initiative Phase II Training Manual

This manual, for FFS facilitators and coordinators, refers to the previous publication and specifies how the topic and practices on trees outside forests can be implemented using the FFS approach. This is accomplished by introducing an adapted AESA and special topics for a four-month FFS growing season. The agroforestry ecosystem analysis (AFESA) includes TOF, production, environmental services, trees, non-trees – bamboos and palms – and shrubs on different types of rice fields in combination with sketch maps and record making. The special topics are about different TOF species, their benefits in rice production and possible negative effects on crops, as well as on the planning and decision-making involved in establishing a tree seedling nursery.