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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub. in association with the World Agroforestry Centre, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (458 p.)
• Disciplina: 634
• Soggetto topico: Tree crops - Tropics; Fruit trees - Tropics; Endemic plants - Tropics
• Altri autori: AkinnifesiFestus K
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Indigenous fruit trees in the tropics
• ISBN: 1-281-20457-9; 9786611204570; 1-84593-325-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446346703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II