Nair / Kumar | Tropical Homegardens | Buch | 978-90-481-7237-5 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 379 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 598 g

Reihe: Advances in Agroforestry

Nair / Kumar

Tropical Homegardens

A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-90-481-7237-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry

Buch, Englisch, 379 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 598 g

Reihe: Advances in Agroforestry

ISBN: 978-90-481-7237-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands


‘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 as the epitome of sustainability, yet have been long neglected by the scientific community. Today, however, these age-old systems are receiving increasing attention owing to their perceived potential to mitigate environmental problems such as loss of biodiversity and rising levels of atmospheric CO, while providing significant economic gains, as well as food and nutritional security to their owners. This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from the world’s leading researchers and professionals in this topic. It summarizes the current state of knowledge on homegarden systems, with a view to using this knowledge as a basis for improving both homegardens and other similar multistrata agroforestry systems.

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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?.



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