Tropical Agroforestry

Agroforestry is recognized as a sustainable land-use management in the tropics, as it provides environmental-friendly ecosystems; it also provides people with their every day need for food and cash. Since the recognition of agroforestry as a science, curricula have been developed for agroforestry pr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Atangana, Alain (Autor), Khasa, Damase (Autor), Chang, Scott (Autor), Degrande, Ann (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Forestry.
Agriculture.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I: Tropical Biomes, Land Use Issues and Introduction to Agroforestry Systems
  • 1. Tropical biomes: classification and description
  • 2. Major Land Use Issues in the Tropics, and the History of Agroforestry
  • 3. Definitions and Classification of Agroforestry Systems
  • 4. Major Agroforestry Systems of the Humid Tropics
  • 5. Major Agroforestry Systems of the Semiarid Tropics
  • 6. Participatory Domestication of New Crops using Agroforestry Techniques
  • Part II: The Benefits and Services of Agroforestry Systems
  • 7. Ecological Interaction and Productivity in Agroforestry Systems
  • 8. Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Mycorrhizal Associations in Agroforestry
  • 9. Agroforestry for Soil Conservation
  • 10. Carbon Sequestration in Agroforestry Systems
  • 11. Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes
  • 12. Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Agroforestry
  • 13. Diagnosis and Design (D & D) Approach and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
  • 14. Experimental Design in Agroforestry
  • 15. On-Farm Agroforestry Research
  • 16. Economics in Agroforestry
  • 17. Socio-Cultural Aspects of Agroforestry and Adoption
  • 18. Tropical Agroforestry for Biofuels Production
  • 19. Phytoremediation in Tropical Agroforestry
  • 20. Agroforestry and the Carbon Market in the Tropics
  • 21. Agroforestry Modeling.

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