Impacts of Participatory Tree Domestication on Farmer Livelihoods in West and Central Africa

Tchoundjeu, Z.; Degrande, Ann; Leakey, Roger R.B.; Nimino, Godwill; Kemajou, E.; Asaah, E.; Facheux, Charly; Mbile, P.; Mbosso, C.; Sado, T.; Tsobeng, Alain

doi:10.1080/14728028.2010.9752668

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“…Pierre, Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) and Irvingia gabonensis (Aubrey-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill., showed that domestication of indigenous tree species should be conceived together with value chains to obtain tangible positive impacts [48,[119][120][121]. The incentives for domestication of indigenous trees depend on whether farmers can sell their produce in new or expanded markets.…”

Section: Challenges In Organizing Forest Food Provisioningmentioning

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The Contribution of Forests and Trees to Sustainable Diets

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Abstract:With the growing demands from a population expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it is unclear how our current global food system will meet future food needs. Ensuring that all people have access to adequate and nutritious food produced in an environmentally and socio-culturally sustainable manner is one of the greatest challenges of our time. -Sustainable diets‖ have been proposed as a multidimensional framework to address the need for nutritious and adequate food in the context of the many challenges facing the world today: reducing poverty and hunger, improving environmental health, enhancing human well-being and health, and strengthening local food networks, sustainable livelihoods and cultural heritage. This paper examines the contribution of forests and trees to sustainable diets, covering among others, nutritional, cultural, environmental and provisioning aspects. The literature reviewed highlight major opportunities to strengthen the contribution of forest and tree foods to sustainable diets. However, several constraints need to be removed. They relate to: cultural aspects, sustainable use of non-wood forest products, organization of forest food provisioning, limited knowledge of forest food composition, challenges in adapting management of forests and trees to account for forest foods, and in integrating forest biodiversity into complex landscapes managed for multiple benefits. Finally, the paper identifies research OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2013, 5 4798 gaps and makes recommendations to enhance the contribution of forest foods to sustainable diets through increased awareness and better integration of information and knowledge on nutritious forest foods into national nutrition strategies and programs.

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Section: Challenges In Organizing Forest Food Provisioningmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contribution of Forests and Trees to Sustainable Diets

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“…In addition, farmers have been trained to select trees with superior traits and to propagate these as selected cultivars for planting within their farming systems. It is hoped that participatory domestication in the Solomon Islands will lead to livelihood benefits like those being achieved in Cameroon (Tchoundjeu et al 2010).…”

Section: Participatory Domestication and The Development Of An Indigementioning

confidence: 98%

“…Additionally, this approach often involves farmers engaged in the process in a participatory mode (Leakey et al 2003, Tchoundjeu et al 2006, building on indigenous knowledge and promoting simple, low-cost and appropriate technology to improve the quality of planting stock (Leakey et al 1990). Consequently, the benefits are rapidly focussed on having immediate impact at the village level (Tchoundjeu et al 2010).…”

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Domestication of Indigenous Fruit and Nut Trees for Agroforestry in the Solomon Islands

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2010

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

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“…When collection costs, low yields and high proportions of non-preferred produce are factors inhibiting the use of wild sources, domestication to increase productivity, quality and access can play an important role (Dawson et al, 2014b). This is exemplified by improvements in the performance of wild African fruit trees being brought into cultivation in participatory domestication programmes in the Central African region Tchoundjeu et al, 2010). The option of cultivation also helps address the complex threats to the use of wild stands through a combination of over-harvesting, deforestation, the conflicting use of resources and restricted (or uncontrolled) access to forests FAO, 2010;Vinceti et al, 2013).…”

Section: Dietary Choices Access To Resources and Behavioural Changementioning

confidence: 99%