02589nam 2200613Ia 450 991044634670332120200520144314.01-281-20457-997866112045701-84593-325-7(CKB)1000000000395983(EBL)327875(OCoLC)185034523(SSID)ssj0000178395(PQKBManifestationID)11197339(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178395(PQKBWorkID)10229368(PQKB)10923150(MiAaPQ)EBC327875(Au-PeEL)EBL327875(CaPaEBR)ebr10202429(CaONFJC)MIL120457(OCoLC)729263507(EXLCZ)99100000000039598320070516d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIndigenous fruit trees in the tropics domestication, utilization and commercialization /edited by Festus K. Akinnifesi ... [et al.]1st ed.Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;Cambridge, MA CABI Pub. in association with the World Agroforestry Centre20071 online resource (458 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84593-110-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIt 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.Tree cropsTropicsFruit treesTropicsEndemic plantsTropicsTree cropsFruit treesEndemic plants634Akinnifesi Festus K918412MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446346703321Indigenous fruit trees in the tropics2059314UNINA