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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456059203321

Titolo

Trees on the farm [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the adoption potential of agroforestry practices in Africa / / edited by S. Franzel, S.J. Scherr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, c2002

ISBN

1-280-82965-6

9786610829651

0-85199-884-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FranzelSteven Charles

ScherrSara J

Disciplina

634.9/9/096

Soggetti

Agroforestry systems - Africa

Agroforestry - Technology transfer - Africa

Electronic books.

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

Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods for Assessing Agroforestry Adoption Potential; 3 Assessing the Adoption Potential of Improved Fallows in Eastern Zambia; 4 The Adoption Potential of Short Rotation Improved Tree Fallows: Evidence from Western Kenya; 5 Assessing the Adoption Potential of Hedgerow Intercropping for Improving Soil Fertility, Western Kenya; 6 Farmer-designed Agroforestry Trials: Farmers' Experiences in Western Kenya; 7 Calliandra calothyrsus: Assessing the Early Stages of Adoption of a Fodder Shrub in the Highlands of Central Kenya

8 Promoting New Agroforestry Technologies: Policy Lessons from On-farm Research9 Assessing Adoption Potential: Lessons Learned and Future Directions; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This title assesses the adoption of selected agroforestry practices developed with African farmers, describing methods, and drawing out the implications for research, development, and policy.