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Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 458

Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008
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  • Publisher: CABI

This book comprises 5 parts and 21 chapters discussing the domestication of indigenous fruit trees in Africa, Oceania, Latin America and Asia; and describes the biophysical and socio-economic aspects of Miombo fruit trees.

Nature & Faune journal, Volume 32, Issue 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 120

Nature & Faune journal, Volume 32, Issue 1

This edition of Nature & Faune journal explores the science and innovations (technical, social and policy) that can support the achievement of the African dream of restoring 100 million hectares of its degraded land. Articles in this edition share experiences on challenges, opportunities and successful restoration, including farmer managed natural regeneration, improved management of smallholder woodlots, reforestation, evergreen agriculture with intercropped trees, and associated sustainable land management practices such as water harvesting and erosion control. Africa’s Great Green Wall is presented in this edition as a transformative model for rural communities’ sustainable developmen...

Subversion, Conversion, Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

Subversion, Conversion, Development

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-04-25
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

Explorations of design, use, and reuse of information technology in diverse historical and cultural contexts.

Below-ground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 464

Below-ground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: CABI

Below-grownd interactions are often seen as the 'dark side' of agroecosystems, especially when more than one crop is grown on the same piece of land at he same time. this book aims to review the amount of light he past decade of research has shed on this topic. It also aims to review ohw far we have come in unravelling the positive and negative aspects of these interactions and how, in dialogue with farmers, we can use the generic principles that are now emerging to look for sita-specifics solutions.

Competition for Resources in a Changing World New Drive for Rural Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 677
Ecological Basis of Agroforestry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 400

Ecological Basis of Agroforestry

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-11-15
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Faced with the growing problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security, modern agricultural scientists look for potential relief in an ancient practice. Agroforestry, if properly designed, can mitigate greenhouse effects, maintain ecosystem health and biodiversity, provide food sec

Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 985

Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2

This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

Trees in a Sub-Saharan Multi-functional Landscape
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 369

Trees in a Sub-Saharan Multi-functional Landscape

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Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Asia and Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 824

Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Asia and Africa

This edited book opens up new vistas for sustainable intensification in agriculture to provide food to ever growing population as well as adapting to the risks of global environmental change. Diverting from conventional agriculture, the book explores new dimensions and concepts that have been identified for future research and development in sustaining agriculture in Asia and Africa regions. The chapters are written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of agroforestry. The book demonstrates how agroforestry could be instrumental in bringing stability and sustainability in agricultural production. It offers sustainable solutions for the impending problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security. It is an essential resource for students in agroforestry courses, as well as a valuable introduction to the field for professionals in related areas.

Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 549

Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use

This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as “Global Perspectives” (seven chapters) and “Regional Perspectives” (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.