The contents of this page are my personal views and experiences and in no way represent the views of the U.S. Government or Peace Corps.
Agroforestry is...?
Agroforestry is a sustainable agricultural practice that incorporates trees according to the needs of the farmer and the utility of the trees.
After a first month of interviews, it seems I will be working a lot with people who are interested in live fencing, fire breaks, and reforestation.
Other potential projects that will first be demonstrated as people are not familiar with the potential or possibility of such projects include alleycropping, intercropping, cut-and-carry livestock fodder growing, beekeeping, and nutrition supplementation and crop diversification.
I welcome any information or advice people who have worked on such projects can offer. Any tricks or tips to either motivate a population or any innovations on techniques are very welcome.
This blog will include information about projects I am working on as they come up, which will be interspersed with stories and anecdotes I hope people will find entertaining.
Thank you for any input, and I hope you enjoy reading.
I didn't take too many photos while the family was visiting. Mainly because they were taking a lot of photos. This is one of two pictures, really. I took them up the mountain and we could hardly see anything because of the smoke from all the bush fires. That said, we did see a couple fires go raging over some hills, which was sort of cool.
The real surprise was the morning I saw Amy wearing this shirt. I actually saw the back first, which is a Bagga fertility godess, Nimba. The funny thing is I saw this, the front, when I asked where she'd gotten the shirt: it says "penis" in Maninka.
Apparently the shirt is from a restaurant in Pittsburgh by someone with a rich sense of humor. The fact that she would bring it to the country where I would know what the name means and recognize the godess, though... It was pretty cool.
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