REFOREST Programme Policy Briefs – April 2025

Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions on Avocado Fam Integration and Its Effects on Soil Fertility in Central Ethiopia

My experience with the Refereed Seminar at Sokoine University of Agriculture: Insights from the Post-Logging Assessment in Uganda’s Lowland Rainforest

Refereed Seminars: Insights and Reflections by Christine Kalembe Mwanja

A reflection on the seminar to share the results of the PhD Research

Culmination of a PhD Journey: My Experience Presenting PhD Findings

Refereed seminars report: A view of Student’s seminar presentation workshop

Tigabu Redae’s Seminars Reflections

Blog report on the refereed Seminars by Américo Manjate

My Takeaways from the REFOREST PhD Refereed Seminars

Research topic: Exploring the Role of Agroforestry Trees in Soil Health

Tropical Horizons: Advancing Sustainability In Agriculture, Environment, and Technology

Refereed Seminar Presentations Illuminate Academic Journey for PhD Students: Highlight on Sustainable Fuelwood Research by Elias Nelly Bapfakurera

Forest and Soil quality: Joshua Maguzu Seminar presentation

Higher vegetable yields, less fuel use, less pollution from cooking, and reduced climate impacts – can smallholder farmers in Rwanda achieve all these benefits at the same time?

Mapping of dominant tree species in Tanzania’s miombo woodlands

Learning and Growth via seminars: Jacqueline Kajembe’s Reflections

Refereed Seminar Presentations by PhD Students under the REFOREST Program: Insights from Nanyika Kingazi

Refereed seminars presentation by PhD candidate Nishimwe Gaudence

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN: THE REFOREST REACH COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (RRCoP)

Agroforestry for Sustainable Bioenergy and Improved Soil Fertility in Two Agro-Ecological Zones, Rwanda

Potential of organic inputs from Agroforestry tree biomass to improve soil nutrients content

Are the tree-based systems in the agricultural landscapes a solution to fuelwood scarcity in Rwanda?

Inventory and mapping of the smallholder’s tree-based systems in Rwanda

Fires in Miombo Woodland and Their Impact to Climate Change

Understanding ecological processes of seed survival, seedling recruitment and tree recovery of commercial timber species in Budongo Tropical Rainforest

In Vitro Propagation of the Shea Butter Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) in Uganda

Participatory forest management as a guarantee for a remnant dry afro-montane forests of Ethiopia

Sustainability of Miombo Management

Soil Quality Index as A Function of Forest Productivity in Pinus Patula Plantations of Tanzania

Upgrading the durability of perishable hardwood timber using a new preservative formulation based on extractives

REFOREST Programme – Call for Masters Scholarship Applications Tenable at Makerere University, Kampala

The Prevailing Situation of Spice Value Chain Actors in Muheza and Morogoro Districts, Tanzania

Incidences, Diversity and Management of Insect Pests of Ziziphus Mauritiana Fruit Tree in Ethiopia

Unlocking the potentials of indigenous wild fruit trees in Rwanda

Local people’s perceptions, practices, and ethnobotanical knowledge of traditional medicinal plants among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia

Strengthening my Knowledge on Wood Science and Technology as Preparation for Research

Is Agroforestry in Northern Tanzania a potential habitat for Insect pollinators? Research is underway to answer this

Evaluation of Soil Quality for Predicting Productivity of Pinus Patula Forest Plantations in Tanzania

Understanding the effects of climate variability/change on the phenology of dominant tree species in Miombo woodlands

Balancing Biodiversity Conservation and Community Livelihoods through Sustainable Forestry

Community-Based Forest Management for Sustainable Forest Management and inclusive Growth in Southern Tanzania

REFOREST Programme Student’s Excursion to Southern Highlands of Tanzania: Wood-Based Industries for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation

COVID 19 Vaccination for Sida Supported REFOREST PhD Students

Dynamics of Energy, Economy and Environment

The more biodiversity, the better the society!

Climate change is real: could agroforestry be a sustainable solution to dryland farming?