Tree domestication in tropical agroforestry

Simons, A. J.; Leakey, Roger R.B.

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-2424-1_12

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“…The cocoa agroforestry in West and Central Africa is a traditional method of integrating forest component with crops. It is a multistrata agroforestry that provides agroforestry tree products (AFTPs) like highquality timber and fruits (Simons and Leakey 2004). Dhesa system of Spain is a traditional agroforestry system with animal components.…”

Section: Agroforestrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Singh

2017

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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Sustainable food production is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century in the era of global environmental problems such as climate change, increasing population and natural resource degradation including soil degradation and biodiversity loss. Climate change is among the greatest threats to agricultural systems. Green Revolution though multiplied agricultural production several folds but at the huge environmental cost including climate change. It jeopardized the ecological integrity of agroecosystems by intensive use of fossil fuels, natural resources, agrochemicals and machinery. Moreover, it threatened the age-old traditional agricultural practices. Agriculture is one of the largest sectors that sustain livelihood to maximum number of people and contribute to climate change. Therefore, a climate-smart approach to sustainable food production is the need of hour. Traditional agriculture is getting increased attention worldwide in context of sustainable food production in changing climate. The present article advocates traditional agriculture as a climate-smart approach for the sustainable food production and also deliberates the correlation between climate change and agriculture.

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Section: Agroforestrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Singh

2017

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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“…This is important because farmers own important resources for tree growing such as land. Furthermore, farmers make decisions regarding which species to maintain on their land based on assessments of how much they will benefit from growing a particular species and how such a species fits in the household's labor and input requirements (Dalle & Potvin 2004, Scherr 1995, Simons & Leakey 2004, Warner 1994. To enhance and encourage wider tree planting on-farm by farmers, therefore, the species that they value and which they want to grow and are ready to manage should be identified for wide-scale planting with scientific inputs and management practices (Dalle & Potvin 2004, Kahurananga et al 1993.…”

Section: Ethnobotany Research and Applications 50mentioning

confidence: 99%

Locally Preferred Woody Species and Their Management in Kiruhura and Arua Districts, Uganda

Nyamukuru¹,

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Mpiira

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Ethnobot. Res. App.

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Trees and shrubs are disappearing fast in anthropogenic landscapes of Uganda. In order to promote their conservation on-farm, there is need to involve farmers. Farmers' involvement in tree/shrub management requires a clear understanding of the households' needs that trees can satisfy, the priority species to satisfy these needs, as well as tree management practices and challenges that hinder tree planting. This study was carried out to satisfy these information needs and to also determine species that are locally threatened. The study was conducted in selected villages of Arua and Kiruhura districts between June and October 2012 using an ethnobotanical approach. Our results indicate that farmers value tree products to satisfy household welfare needs of accessing food (edible fruits), generating income, and accessing construction wood. The species are multi-purpose, and the most preferred are Eucalyptus spp., Mangifera indica L., Persea americana Mill., Carica papaya L., Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck, Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam., Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck, Annona senegalensis Pers., Pinus spp., and Tectona grandis L.f. Most farmers maintain trees on their land in courtyards, backyard gardens, or crop fields and ranches. Tree species are threatened by destructive harvesting and clearing land for agriculture. The key challenges to intensification of tree cultivation are livestock damage, land shortage, drought, and lack of financial resources. Farmers suggested that in order to strengthen tree planting, they should be provided with inputs including seedlings, chemicals, and tools. In conclusion farmers prefer exotic tree species to satisfy household needs. Intensification of tree management will need to address a number of challenges identified in this study. Published: 20 January 2015 Ethnobotany Research & Applications 50http://dx.doi.org/10.17348/era.14.0.049-061 among people who rely on them to satisfy their needs and welfare (Shackleton et al. 2001), and loss of tree cover needs to be slowed down by actions that include growing and maintaining trees on-farm.Effective tree growing requires full participation of farmers. This is important because farmers own important resources for tree growing such as land. Furthermore, farmers make decisions regarding which species to maintain on their land based on assessments of how much they will benefit from growing a particular species and how such a species fits in the household's labor and input requirements (Dalle & Potvin 2004, Scherr 1995, Simons & Leakey 2004, Warner 1994. To enhance and encourage wider tree planting on-farm by farmers, therefore, the species that they value and which they want to grow and are ready to manage should be identified for wide-scale planting with scientific inputs and management practices (Dalle & Potvin 2004, Kahurananga et al. 1993. These are usually trees that satisfy household needs but which also have market potential and from which farmers can earn incomes to provide alternative sources of livelihood (Akinnifesi et al. 2008,...

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“…Agroforestry practices in both Peru and Guatemala have a long history (Chepstow-Lusty and Winfield, 2000;Alcorn, 1984), and the integration of trees in coffee systems yields an array of products both used (consumed) and exchanged (marketed). Recent assessments of specific agroforestry products elsewhere Shackleton et al, 2003) reveal the economic potential such agroforestry tree products -or AFTP's, as Simons and Leakey (2004) have termed them -can generate. Aside from studies in Costa Rica (Lagemann and Heuveldop, 1983;Lagemann, 1982), little information exists about the value of AFTP's from coffee holdings.…”

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confidence: 99%

Agricultural intensification within agroforestry: The case of coffee and wood products

Rice

2008

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Tree domestication in tropical agroforestry

Cited by 89 publications

References 12 publications

Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Locally Preferred Woody Species and Their Management in Kiruhura and Arua Districts, Uganda

Agricultural intensification within agroforestry: The case of coffee and wood products

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