• Evergreen agriculture: maize (corn) under Faidherbia albida, near Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire © D. Louppe, CIRAD

    Evergreen agriculture: maize (corn) under Faidherbia albida, near Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire © D....

  • Harvesting wheat under walnuts, France

    Harvesting wheat under walnuts, France © C. Dupraz

  • Canopy of agroforest with Shorea javanica trees, Krui, Sumatra, Indonésie

    Canopy of agroforest with Shorea javanica trees, Krui, Sumatra, Indonesia

  • Measuring young trees in an agroforestry plantation, Restinclières, Hérault, France

    Measuring young trees in an agroforestry plantation, Restinclières, Hérault, France

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Montpellier Declaration [24 May 2019]

Welcome to the Fourth World Congress on Agroforestry!

More than 1200 delegates and leading keynote speakers from 97 countries made this gathering a unique experience.

Come and discover Montpellier, one of France's oldest city, surrounded by natural and Unesco world heritage sites.

Gathering a range of stakeholders

Agroforestry facts and figures from developing and developed countries will be presented and discussed by a wide a range of stakeholders: researchers, policy makers, farmers, donors, government officials, students, the private sector and civil society members.

Contributing to the progress of agroforestry

The overall objective of the Congress is to contribute to the progress of agroforestry science and practice in order to bridge the science-policy gap.

Major topics

  • agroforestry and climate change
  • agroforestry, food security and nutrition
  • adoption of agroforestry
  • agroforestry policies
  • special attention will be paid to vulnerable countries and populations.