Tropical Homegardens A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry
‘Homegardens’ are integrated tree – crop – animal production systems, often in small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. These agroforestry systems, developed and nurtured by farmers through generations of innovation and experiment, are often cited a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2006, 2006
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2006 |
| Series: | Advances in Agroforestry
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Table of Contents:
- Historical and Regional Perspectives
- Diversity and change in homegarden cultivation in Indonesia
- Urban and homegarden agroforestry in the Pacific islands: Current status and future prospects
- Amazonian homegardens: Their ethnohistory and potential contribution to agroforestry development
- Homegardens of Mesoamerica: Biodiversity, food security, and nutrient management
- Structure, Function, and Dynamics of Homegardens
- Homegarden dynamics in Kerala, India
- Structure and dynamics of coconut-based agroforestry systems in Melanesia: A case study from the Vanuatu archipelago
- Diversity and dynamics in homegardens of southern Ethiopia
- Homegarden plant diversity in relation to remoteness from urban centers: A case study from the Peruvian Amazon region
- Gender and social dynamics in swidden and homegardens in Latin America
- Some New Thrust Areas
- Carbon sequestration potential of tropical homegardens
- Medicinal plants in tropical homegardens
- Commercialization of homegardens in an Indonesian village: Vegetation composition and functional changes
- Transpiration characteristics of some homegarden tree species in Central Sri Lanka
- Ecology versus economics in tropical multistrata agroforests
- Financial analysis of homegardens: A case study from Kerala state, India
- Future of Homegardens
- The role of homegardens in agroforestry development: Lessons from Tomé-Açu, a Japanese–Brazilian settlement in the Amazon
- Urban homegardens and allotment gardens for sustainable livelihoods: Management strategies and institutional environments
- Are tropical homegardens sustainable? Some evidence from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Whither Homegardens?