activities might include: an ethnobotanical survey; a series of formal trials to
determine the best placement of a favorite local tree within a new settlement
pattern; exploratory trials with different types and sizes of tree nurseries;
ecological and social baseline surveys using local criteria to stratify the
sample by different environments and social groups; documentation of prior
and on-going experiments by farmers; participant observation by researchers
in group agricultural and conservation work; a seed evaluation, selection and
collection program for favorite local and exotic plants; a marketing study on
existing and potential local tree products; a local board to oversee all project
work at the site, and a farmer advisory group to collaborate on research
station experiments of interest to the community.