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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446346703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-281-20457-9

9786611204570

1-84593-325-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AkinnifesiFestus K

Disciplina

634

Soggetti

Tree crops - Tropics

Fruit trees - Tropics

Endemic plants - Tropics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.