| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Multifunctional Agriculture; Copyright Page; Contents; Biography; Preface; I. The Basics; 1 Agroecology and the Role of Trees; 1 Definition of Agroforestry Revisited; 2 The Role of Trees in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics; Summary; Introduction; Understanding the Problem Before Seeking Solutions; Addressing Soil Fertility; Biodiversity and Agroecological Functions; Rebuilding Agroecological Functions; Maintaining Late Successional or Mature Agroecosystems; Shade Modification; Bird Exclusion; Food Chain and Life Cycle Studies. |
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Filling the Niches Below the Canopy With Useful PlantsLandscape and Scaling Issues; The Big Picture: The Role of Agroecology and Agroforestry in Tropical Agriculture; 3 Trees: A Keystone Role in Agroecosystem Function: An Update; 2 Agroforestry Practices and Systems; 4 Agroforestry and the Mitigation of Land Degradation in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics of Africa; Summary; Land Degradation; The Role of Agroforestry; Soil Fertility Improvement; Hedgerow Intercropping; Improved Fallows; Biomass Transfer; Soil Conservation; Barrier Hedges; Trees and Shrubs on Conservation Structures. |
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Multistrata SystemsMultipurpose Trees and Shrubs as Fodder Supplements; Feed Quality; Effects on Animal Performance; Fodder Production Systems; High-Value Trees for Income Generation; Naturally Regenerating Trees in Farmland; Planted Trees in Farmland; Home Gardens; Domestication; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; 5 The Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Trees in Agroforestry for the Alleviation of Poverty; SUMMARY; Introduction; Domestication Strategies; Research in Progress; Commercialization; Conclusion; 6 Trees: Delivering Enhanced Crop Production and Income: An Update. |
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3 Importance of Tree Products7 Potential for Novel Food Products From Agroforestry Trees; SUMMARY; Introduction; Humid Lowlands of West Africa; Irvingia gabonensis (O'Rorke) Baill. and Related Species (Bush Mango or Dika Nut); Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam and Related Species (African Plum, African Pear, or Safoutier); Ricinodendron heudelottii (Baill.) Heckel (Peanut Tree, Essessang, or Nyangsang); Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don (White or African Star-apple); Garcinia kola Heckel and Related Species (Bitter Cola); Semi-Arid Lowlands of West Africa; Adansonia digitata Linn. (Baobab). |
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Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn. syn. Butyrospermum paradoxum (Sheanut or Karité)Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. ex G. Don (Néré or Locust Bean); Tamarindus indica Linn. (Tamarind); Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. (Jujube or Ber); Southern African Plateau-Miombo Woodlands; Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich) Hochst. (Marula); Uapaca kirkiana Muell. Arg. (Masuku or Mahobohobo); Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. (Jujube or Ber); Vangueria infausta Burch. (Wild Medlar); Azanza garckeana (F. Hoffm.) Exell & Hillcoat (Snotapple); Western Amazonia; Inga edulis Mart. (Inga or Guaba). |
| Summary |
In a world increasingly challenged by the need to integrate and understand highly specialized knowledge in a multidisciplinary way, this book is innovative and perhaps unique in addressing this challenge. It focuses on ideas, strategies, techniques and practices spanning many disciplines at the interface of agriculture with: forestry, horticulture, plant physiology, genetics, ecology, soil science, food science, economics, and the social and environmental sciences as delivered by intensified and enriched agroforestry. Multifunctional Agriculture addresses this complexity, using case studies and insights from the needs of African farmers whose livelihoods are constrained by complex interactions between social, environmental and economic factors and problems underlying agricultural sustainability in Africa. This book, therefore, provides an important resource for those trying to understand the role of agriculture in the achievement of the new Sustainable Development Goals by providing easily implementable, practical and effective methodologies and practices. |
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Agroforestry -- Africa.
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Sustainable agriculture -- Africa.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Africa.
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Agroforesterie -- Afrique. |
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Agriculture durable -- Afrique. |
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Agriculture -- Aspect économique -- Afrique. |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects |
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Agroforestry |
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Sustainable agriculture |
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Africa |
| ISBN |
9780128093061 (electronic bk.) |
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0128093064 (electronic bk.) |
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