World Agroforestry Center Coffee Agroforestry Training Handbook

This training handbook supports extensionists, advisors and practitioners working on coffee agroforestry in Uganda. To achieve maximum benefits from agroforestry, farmers need to understand its principles—and their application for coffee cultivation. The resource will help trainers and extension agents support farmers to design, establish and manage coffee agroforestry systems in a range of contexts. The document has five modules:

• Module 1 describes the general principles, design and management guidelines for multistrata perennial agroforestry systems, such as coffee agroforestry.
• Module 2 presents coffee agroforestry in the Ugandan context, highlighting suitable tree species and their optimal spacing.
• Module 3 demonstrates how to establish and manage nurseries to produce tree seedlings for integration into coffee farms.
• Module 4 centres on establishing and managing tree seedlings in the field.
• Module 5 focuses on managing mature trees in coffee agroforestry systems.

Each module has been designed around a specific learning objective, to keep trainees focused and provide easy assessment of progress.