Who We Are

All researchers in this project reside in the Departments of Soil Science and Agriculture and Resource Economics in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, and are part of the Centre for Northern Agroforestry and Afforestation, at the University of Saskatchewan. Our group has the capacity in terms of laboratories, field facilities, office and meeting space for students. The College has a sound financial management system and accounting practices. The University of Saskatchewan is a public research university which was founded in 1907.  It is a member of the U15 Group which includes the fifteen most research-intensive universities in Canada.  Since its founding, the University has included an Agricultural College, and is recognized as one of the leading agricultural research locations in Canada.

Centre for Northern Agroforestry and Afforestation

The Centre was established in 2006 by Dr. Ken Van Rees in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan.​  Dr. Van Rees was appointed to the Agri-Food Innovation Fund (AFIF) Chair in Agroforestry and Afforestation in 2003 to develop woody crops in the Prairie Provinces as a means for diversifying farm income.

​The goal of the Centre is threefold:
  1. To facilitate the coordination and collaboration of scientific research activities, both biological and socio-economic, among the stakeholders in Saskatchewan for using woody plants in agroforestry and afforestation systems on agricultural land for farm diversification, fibre production and other environmental purposes;
  2. To facilitate the incorporation of the biological and socio-economic knowledge related to agroforestry and afforestation systems into the College of Agriculture and Bioresources curriculum and into extension programs for stakeholders on the land base; and
  3. To network with various agencies to develop Saskatchewan as a knowledge centre in agroforestry and afforestation.
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