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SUMMARY:Syntropic Agriculture – Multi-strata Coffee Agroforestry Workshop - Kenya
DESCRIPTION:  \n🌱 Principles & Fundamentals of Syntropic Agriculture – Multi-strata Coffee Agroforestry\n8–12 December 2025 ⎮ Rongo\, Kenya \n→ 5-day intensive training – classroom + field \n\n👉 WHY THIS TRAINING?\nSyntropic agriculture (successional agroforestry) is a regenerative\, high-productivity farming system that integrates food crops and trees on the same plot by following natural vegetative succession. \nIt increases soil fertility\, diversifies production\, improves resilience\, restores ecosystems\, and drastically reduces the need for external inputs. \nThis training provides both core theoretical principles and practical field experience to enable participants to design and implement a syntropic system adapted to East-African climates. \n\n👉 TRAINERS\nLead Trainer — Romain Criquet\nAgronomist & regenerative agroforestry specialist \n\nTrained thousands of farmers across Europe & Africa over the last 17 years\nFormer International Board Member of the Permaculture Research Institute of Kenya\nWorks with IUCN & the French Development Agency (AFD) on regenerative agroforestry\, hydrology & climate resilience\nExpert in applied syntropic agriculture and landscape-scale ecological design\n\nTrainers\n\nJames Thiong’o Gachie – agroecology & nursery systems specialist\nRegenerative Agriculture Consultant & Permaculture Designer with 9+ years’ experience. Trained 1\,000+ farmers in Kenya\, Rwanda\, Somalia\, and Tanzania. Expert in climate-smart\, community-led agroforestry systems.\nCaleb Omolo – regenerative agriculture practitioner & community trainer\nDirector\, Sustainable Village Resources (SVR).\nSyntropic Food Forest Specialist with extensive experience restoring soil health\, biodiversity & food security across Africa.\n\n\n👉 OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING\nAt the end of the training\, participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand plant succession and its applications in agriculture with a focuss on coffee farming\nDesign multi-strata agroforestry systems adapted to tropical and sub-tropical climates\nPlan and implement innovative cropping itineraries combining fruits\, vegetables and timber\nProduce soil-building biomass through fast-growing species\nEstablish and manage a pilot syntropic plot from scratch\n\nNo prerequisite required.\nOpen to farmers\, agroforesters\, agronomists\, horticulturists\, project leaders\, NGO staff\, trainers and students. \nGroup size: max. 25 participants \n\n👉 WHEN?\nFrom Monday 8 to Friday 12 December 2025\n(35 hours of certified training) \n  \n\n👉 WHERE?\nRongo\, Migori County – Kenya\nTraining hosted directly on active syntropic demonstration plots. \n\n👉 TEACHING METHODS\n\nAlternation of theory (indoors) and practice (field)\nPresentations\, interactive discussions & collective synthesis\nField workshops: soil assessment\, design layout\, planting\, stratification\, biomass management\n\n\n👉 EVALUATION\n\nField exercises\nPractical demonstrations\nAttendance certificate\n\n\n🎯 TRAINING PROGRAM BY DAY \n\n★ DAY 1 — Soil Formation\, Soil Life & Preparation Techniques\nObjectives\n\nUnderstand soil formation processes\nLearn how to prepare soil for syntropic systems\n\nTheory : Soil Production\n\nFrom rock to soil: structure\, horizons\, mineral breakdown\nRole of life in soil formation\nNutrient cycles & organic matter dynamics\nDisturbances (storms\, pruning\, clearing) as regenerative tools\n\nPractice :\n\nVisual soil evaluation\nMicro-zoning & layout of stratified crops\nSoil preparation depending on intended vegetation\n\n\n★ DAY 2 — Introduction to Syntropic Agriculture & Landscape Reading\nObjectives\n\nAcquire foundational syntropic concepts\nLearn to observe entropic vs syntropic processes\n\nTheory :\n\nHistory of pre-colonial agroforestry in the tropics\nContributions of Ernst Götsch\nEntropy vs syntropy\nHow forests self-organise\n\nPractice :\n\nField walk: landscape reading & system analysis\nData collection for design planning\nPegging & preparation of demonstration plot\nSoil work & micro-zoning\n\n\n★ DAY 3 — Natural Succession & System Design\nObjectives\n\nUnderstand colonisation–accumulation–abundance phases\nDesign a syntropic cropping layout\n\nTheory :\n\nLife cycles and functional indicators\nEffects of disturbances on succession\n\nPractice :\n\nPiqueting and placing stratified crops\nCompleting the design plan\nSoil work & micro-zoning\n\n\n★ DAY 4 — Stratification & Species Association\nObjectives\n\nUnderstand vertical + successional stratification\nLearn to combine species into coherent systems\n\nTheory :\n\nPollination\, dispersal\, co-evolution\nEcophysiological functions\nOptimising natural processes\n\nPractice :\n\nPlanting stratified systems\nCombining annuals\, fruit trees & timber species\n\n\n★ DAY 5 — Ecosystem Interactions & Human Role\nObjectives\n\nUnderstand ecological interactions in syntropic systems\nExplore the reconciliation between agriculture & ecosystem dynamics\n\nTheory :\n\nSuccession (part II)\nTransition from annuals to climax species\n\nPractice :\n\nContinued implementation of the demonstration system\nStratification fine-tuning & biomass management\n\n\n LAST CALL – LIMITED SPACES — Registration REQUIRED\n Click Sign Up to secure your spot before the training fills up. \n More information: +254 714 943355 (Caleb) \n 
URL:https://www.cultures-permanentes.com/evenement/syntropic-agriculture-multi-strata-coffee-agroforestry-workshop-kenya/
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