Agroforestry Academy

MODULE I – INTRODUCTION

• LESSON 1: Welcome (Meet the Agroforestry Academy crew)
• LESSON 2: Our goal with this course (What we want for you)
• LESSON 3: Why Agroforestry (What’s in it for you)

MODULE II – EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMS

• LESSON 4: Grass System (Food forests for grass production)
• LESSON 5: Vegetables Systems (Food forests for vegetables production)
• LESSON 6: Fruits Systems (Food forests for fruit production)
• LESSON 7: Coffee System (Food forests for coffee production)
• LESSON 8: Final Considerations (A few last words)

MODULE III – PRINCIPLES

• LESSON 9: Optimizing Resources and Energy (Getting the most from your resources)
• LESSON 10: Succession of species (Taking advantage of species with different life cycles)
• LESSON 11: Stratification (Working with a multi-layered system)
• LESSON 12: Planting in Abundance (Nature’s own strategy for genetic selection)
• LESSON 13: Adapting to a main crop (Designing and Managing your system to a specific crop)
• LESSON 14: Final considerations (A few last words)

MODULE IV – TECHNIQUES

• LESSON 15: Covering the soil (Put all that organic matter on the floor!)
• LESSON 16: Companion planting (When together, plants grow better)
• LESSON 17: Pruning (Keeping things nice and tidy)
• LESSON 18: Final Considerations

MODULE V – PRACTICE

• LESSON 19: Preparing the soil (Getting the beds of your seeds and seedlings nice and welcoming)
• LESSON 20: Trees row (Planting your Legacy)
• LESSON 21: System I – Roots (Cassava, taro and sweet potato)
• LESSON 22: System II – Vegetables (Carrots, cabbage, coriander, beets and much more)
• LESSON 23: System III – Coffee (Coffee plants in the under-story)
• LESSON 24: System IV – Grains and grass (Corn, beans and grass)
• LESSON 25: Final Considerations