Overview

This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as “Global Perspectives” (seven chapters) and “Regional Perspectives” (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.

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Author:   P.K. Ramachandran Nair ,  Dennis Garrity
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2012 ed.
Volume:   9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.055kg
ISBN:  

9789400746756

ISBN 10:   940074675
Pages:   542
Publication Date:   19 August 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface.- List of Authors.- List of Reviewers.- Section I.  INTRODUCTION.- Keynote Presentations at WCA2.- Agroforestry, climate change, and habitat protection.- Agroforestry for an ever-green revolution Environmental resilience and agroforestry.- Climate change and agroforestry.- Agroforestry and the transition to the future.- Agroforestry and the future of global land use.- Section II. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Based on WCA2 Symposia.- Climate-change mitigation: A low-hanging fruit of agroforestry.- Segregate or integrate for multifunctionality: landscape agroforestry involving rubber in Indonesia and China.- Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry and ecosystem conservation.- High-carbon-stock rural development pathways in Asia and Africa: Improved land management for climate change mitigation.- Tree domestication in agroforestry: Progress in the second decade (2003–2012).- Policy support for large-scale adoption of agroforestry  practices: Experience from Africa and Asia.- Multifunctional Agriculture and opportunities for agroforestry – Implications of IAASTD.- Section III. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES.- The future of temperate agroforestry in the United States.- Agroforestry research and development in Canada.- Past, present, and future of agroforestry in Europe.- Agroforestry for mine-land reclamation in Germany: Capitalizing on carbon sequestration and bioenergy production.- The Satoyama landscape of Japan: The future of an indigenous agricultural system in an industrialized society.- South Asian agroforestry: traditions, transformations, and prospects.- Agroforestry in the Amazon region: A pathway for balancing conservation and development.- Mainstreaming agroforestry in Latin America.- Land health surveillance: Mapping soil carbon in Kenyan rangelands.- Gender and agroforestry in Africa: Who benefits? – An African perspective.- Incentive mechanisms for smallholder agroforestry: Opportunities and challenges in the Philippines.- Agroforestry – The Way Forward.- Subject Index.

Reviews

From the reviews: This book is derived from the 2nd World Agroforestry Congress, held in Kenya in 2009. Each of its three sections provides a different perspective on agroforestry. ... the synthesis of recent information is not duplicated in typical journal articles and represents a significant contribution to the understanding of agroforestry today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (B. D. Orr, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013) The book is well written, beautifully produced and contains a wealth of information on agroforestry today. ... All the chapters are of high quality, containing detailed, state-of-the-art, up-to-date information on the different topics of interest to a broader, multidisciplinary audience. ... It is of interest to anyone engaged in the practice of agroforestry, forestry or agriculture. ... I recommend it to both undergraduates and postgraduate students of agroforestry, forestry, agriculture, ecology or biology, and that a copy of the book is purchased for institutional libraries. (Zewge Teklehaimanot, Frontiers of Biogeography, Vol. 5 (3), 2013)

From the reviews: This book is derived from the 2nd World Agroforestry Congress, held in Kenya in 2009. Each of its three sections provides a different perspective on agroforestry. ... the synthesis of recent information is not duplicated in typical journal articles and represents a significant contribution to the understanding of agroforestry today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (B. D. Orr, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013)

From the reviews: This book is derived from the 2nd World Agroforestry Congress, held in Kenya in 2009. Each of its three sections provides a different perspective on agroforestry. ... the synthesis of recent information is not duplicated in typical journal articles and represents a significant contribution to the understanding of agroforestry today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (B. D. Orr, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013) The book is well written, beautifully produced and contains a wealth of information on agroforestry today. ... All the chapters are of high quality, containing detailed, state-of-the-art, up-to-date information on the different topics of interest to a broader, multidisciplinary audience. ... It is of interest to anyone engaged in the practice of agroforestry, forestry or agriculture. ... I recommend it to both undergraduates and postgraduate students of agroforestry, forestry, agriculture, ecology or biology, and that a copy of the book is purchased for institutional libraries. (Zewge Teklehaimanot, Frontiers of Biogeography, Vol. 5 (3), 2013)

From the reviews: This book is derived from the 2nd World Agroforestry Congress, held in Kenya in 2009. Each of its three sections provides a different perspective on agroforestry. ... the synthesis of recent information is not duplicated in typical journal articles and represents a significant contribution to the understanding of agroforestry today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (B. D. Orr, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013) The book is well written, beautifully produced and contains a wealth of information on agroforestry today. ... All the chapters are of high quality, containing detailed, state-of-the-art, up-to-date information on the different topics of interest to a broader, multidisciplinary audience. ... It is of interest to anyone engaged in the practice of agroforestry, forestry or agriculture. ... I recommend it to both undergraduates and postgraduate students of agroforestry, forestry, agriculture, ecology or biology, and that a copy of the book is purchased for institutional libraries. (Zewge Teklehaimanot, Frontiers of Biogeography, Vol. 5 (3), 2013)

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