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Titolo: |
Managing agrodiversity the traditional way [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from West Africa in sustainable use of biodiversity and related natural resources / / edited by Edwin A. Gyasi... [et al.]
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : United Nations University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.95/16/0966 |
Soggetto topico: | Agrobiodiversity - Africa, West |
Biodiversity conservation - Africa, West | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
GyasiEdwin A <1943-> (Edwin Akonno)
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Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""List of tables and illustrations""; ""List of colour plates""; ""Maps""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Part I Methodological approaches and knowledge systems""; ""1 Methodological approaches to the book""; ""2 Philosophical foundations of biophysical resource use with special reference to Ghana""; ""3 Traditional methods of resource assessment relative to the scientific approach""; ""4 Farmer strategies of managing agrodiversity in a variable climate in PLEC demonstration sites in southern Ghana"" |
""5 Demonstration sites and expert farmers in conservation of biodiversity""""Part II Cropping systems and related case studies""; ""6 Management regimes in southern Ghana""; ""7 Yams: Traditional ways of managing their diversity for food security in southern Ghana""; ""8 Sustaining diversity of yams in northern Ghana""; ""9 Conservation of indigenous rice varieties by women of Gore in the northern savanna zone, Ghana""; ""10 Vegetables: Traditional ways of managing their diversity for food security in southern Ghana"" | |
""11 The proka mulching and no- burn system: A case study of Tano- Odumasi and Jachie""""12 Managing the home garden for food security and as a germplasm bank""; ""13 Management of trees in association with crops in traditional agroforestry systems""; ""14 Preliminary observations on effects of traditional farming practices on growth and yield of crops""; ""15 Effects of four indigenous trees canopy covers on soil fertility in a Ghanaian savanna""; ""16 Comparative management of the savanna woodland in Ghana and Guinea: A preliminary analysis"" | |
""17 Agrodiversity within and without conserved forests for enhancing rural livelihoods""""Part III Social dimensions of resource management""; ""18 Aspects of resource tenure that conserve biodiversity: The case of southern and northern Ghana""; ""19 Resource access and distribution and the use of land in Tano- Odumasi, central Ghana""; ""20 Women environmental pacesetters of Jachie""; ""Part IV Conclusion""; ""21 Lessons learnt and future research directions""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Managing agrodiversity the traditional way ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-91565-X |
9786610915651 | |
92-808-7069-6 | |
1-4356-4129-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910450139403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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