Agroforestry

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Tools

FAO tools

The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT)

EX-ACT provides its users a consistent way of estimating and tracking the outcomes of agricultural interventions on GHG emission. EX-ACT is the only GHG accounting tool to cover the entire agricultural sector including Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU), inland and coastal wetlands, fisheries, and aquaculture, agricultural inputs and infrastructure.

Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)

Based on various existing assessment frameworks, TAPE is a comprehensive tool that aims to measure the multi-dimensional performance of agroecological systems across the different dimensions of sustainability. It applies a stepwise approach at the household/farm level, but it also collects information and provides results at a community and territorial scale. 

The Biodiversity Integrated Assessment and Computation Tool (B-INTACT)

B-INTACT seeks to provide a thorough biodiversity assessment of project-level activities in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, taking on both a quantitative and qualitative approach.

 

External tools

The Global Tree Knowledge Platform (CIFOR-ICRAF)

The purpose of the Global Tree Knowledge Platform is to support the better use of tree species- to promote the right tree in the right place for the right purpose- to bring together greater benefits to humans and the environment.

 

The Agroforestree Database (CIFOR-ICRAF)

The Agroforestree Database (AFT) is a species reference and selection guide for agroforestry trees.