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Multifunctional agriculture : achieiving sustainable development in Africa /
In a world increasingly challenged by the need to integrate and understand highly specialized knowledge in a multidisciplinary way, this book is innovative and perhaps unique in addressing this challenge. It focuses on ideas, strategies, techniques and practices spanning many disciplines at the inte...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Multifunctional Agriculture; Copyright Page; Contents; Biography; Preface; I. The Basics; 1 Agroecology and the Role of Trees; 1 Definition of Agroforestry Revisited; 2 The Role of Trees in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics; Summary; Introduction; Understanding the Problem Before Seeking Solutions; Addressing Soil Fertility; Biodiversity and Agroecological Functions; Rebuilding Agroecological Functions; Maintaining Late Successional or Mature Agroecosystems; Shade Modification; Bird Exclusion; Food Chain and Life Cycle Studies.
- Filling the Niches Below the Canopy With Useful PlantsLandscape and Scaling Issues; The Big Picture: The Role of Agroecology and Agroforestry in Tropical Agriculture; 3 Trees: A Keystone Role in Agroecosystem Function: An Update; 2 Agroforestry Practices and Systems; 4 Agroforestry and the Mitigation of Land Degradation in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics of Africa; Summary; Land Degradation; The Role of Agroforestry; Soil Fertility Improvement; Hedgerow Intercropping; Improved Fallows; Biomass Transfer; Soil Conservation; Barrier Hedges; Trees and Shrubs on Conservation Structures.
- Multistrata SystemsMultipurpose Trees and Shrubs as Fodder Supplements; Feed Quality; Effects on Animal Performance; Fodder Production Systems; High-Value Trees for Income Generation; Naturally Regenerating Trees in Farmland; Planted Trees in Farmland; Home Gardens; Domestication; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; 5 The Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Trees in Agroforestry for the Alleviation of Poverty; SUMMARY; Introduction; Domestication Strategies; Research in Progress; Commercialization; Conclusion; 6 Trees: Delivering Enhanced Crop Production and Income: An Update.
- 3 Importance of Tree Products7 Potential for Novel Food Products From Agroforestry Trees; SUMMARY; Introduction; Humid Lowlands of West Africa; Irvingia gabonensis (O'Rorke) Baill. and Related Species (Bush Mango or Dika Nut); Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam and Related Species (African Plum, African Pear, or Safoutier); Ricinodendron heudelottii (Baill.) Heckel (Peanut Tree, Essessang, or Nyangsang); Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don (White or African Star-apple); Garcinia kola Heckel and Related Species (Bitter Cola); Semi-Arid Lowlands of West Africa; Adansonia digitata Linn. (Baobab).
- Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn. syn. Butyrospermum paradoxum (Sheanut or Karité)Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. ex G. Don (Néré or Locust Bean); Tamarindus indica Linn. (Tamarind); Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. (Jujube or Ber); Southern African Plateau-Miombo Woodlands; Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich) Hochst. (Marula); Uapaca kirkiana Muell. Arg. (Masuku or Mahobohobo); Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. (Jujube or Ber); Vangueria infausta Burch. (Wild Medlar); Azanza garckeana (F. Hoffm.) Exell & Hillcoat (Snotapple); Western Amazonia; Inga edulis Mart. (Inga or Guaba).