Indigenous fruit trees in the tropics : domestication, utilization and commercialization / edited by Festus K. Akinnifesi ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akinnifesi, Festus K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tree crops--Tropics.

Tree crops.

Fruit trees--Tropics.

Fruit trees.

Endemic plants--Tropics.

Endemic plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub. in association with the World Agroforestry Centre, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It has been recognized that an important factor in improving viability of rural livelihoods in developing countries is the promotion of sustainable agriculture. As opposed to relying solely on cash crops, this can be achieved through domestication of various indigenous fruit trees that can be cultivated and owned by smallholder farmers.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; PART I: SETTING THE SCENE; PART II: INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREE DOMESTICATION IN ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND OCEANIA; PART III: REGIONAL DOMESTICATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA; PART IV: THE BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF MIOMBO FRUIT TREES; PART V: LESSONS FOR COMMODITIZING INDIGENOUS FRUIT AND NUT TREES IN THE TROPICS; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-20457-9

9786611204570

1-84593-325-7

OCLC:

185034523