Indigenous fruit trees in the tropics : domestication, utilization and commercialization /

This book comprises 5 parts and 21 chapters discussing the domestication of indigenous fruit trees in Africa, Oceania, Latin America and Asia; and describes the biophysical and socio-economic aspects of Miombo fruit trees.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Akinnifesi, Festus K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub. in association with the World Agroforestry Centre, 2007.
Series:CAB books.
Subjects:
Tree crops > Tropics.
Fruit trees > Tropics.
Endemic plants > Tropics.
Plantations ligneuses > Régions tropicales.
Arbres fruitiers > Régions tropicales.
Plantes endémiques > Régions tropicales.
Endemic plants
Fruit trees
Tree crops
Tropics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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