Trees on the Farm
Assessing the Adoption Potential of Agroforestry Practices in Africa
Will be published approx. on 19. March 2002
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-85199-561-8 (ISBN)
Description
Most published books on agroforestry have focused on biophysical aspects. There has been a lack of scientifically rigorous information about the socioeconomic features of agroforestry, and the adoption of agroforestry practices by farmers. This book fills that gap by assessing the adoption of selected agroforestry practices developed with African farmers, describing methods, and drawing out the implications for research, development, and policy. The volume includes five case studies of research conducted in Kenya and Zambia to evaluate the adoption potential of agroforestry. The cases illustrate methods of farm and village technology design, testing, and analysis that are applicable to a wide range of natural resource management practices. Along with the case studies, the contents also include chapters on: methods for assessing agroforestry adoption potential, promoting new agroforestry technologies: policy lessons from on-farm research, and assessing adoption potential: lessons learned and future directions.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85199-561-8 (9780851995618)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1: Introduction, S Franzel and S J Scherr 2: Methods for Assessing Agroforestry Adoption Potential, S Franzel, S J Scherr, R Coe, P Cooper and F Place 3: Assessing the Adoption Potential of Improved Fallows in Eastern Zambia, S Franzel, D Phiri and F Kwesiga 4: The Adoption Potential of Short Rotation Improved Tree Fallows: Evidence from Western Kenya, R A Swinkels, S Franzel, K D Shepherd, E Ohlsson and J K Ndufa 5: Assessing the Adoption Potential of Hedgerow Intercropping for Improving Soil Fertility, Western Kenya, R Swinkels, K D Shepherd, S Franzel, J K Ndufa, E Ohlsson and H Sjogren 6: Farmer-Designed Agroforestry Trials: Farmers' Experiences in Western Kenya, S Franzel, J K Ndufa, O C Obonyo, T E Bekele and R Coe 7: Calliandra calothyrus: Assessing the Early Stages of Adoption of a Fodder Shrub in the Highlands of Central Kenya, S Franzel, H K Arimi and F M Murithi 8: Promoting New Agroforestry Technologies: Policy Lessons from On-Farm Research, S J Scherr and S Franzel 9: Assessing Adoption Potential: Lessons Learned and Future Directions, S Franzel and S J Scherr 10: Index