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'Homegardens' are integrated tree--crop--animal production systems, often established on small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. 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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Author:   B.M. Kumar ,  P.K.R. Nair
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.605kg
ISBN:  

9789048172375

ISBN 10:   9048172373
Pages:   379
Publication Date:   23 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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?.

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From the reviews: The editors, both very experienced researchers in the science and art of agroforestry and home gardening, have brought together 20 chapters on the current state of the art of the homegarden. ! The book contains some very detailed studies of homegardens from different continents. ! likely to be accessible in specialist libraries and research institutes. (David Gibbon, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 43, 2007) The book is a well-structured collection of papers by experts in this field. The variety of aspects and approaches reflects the variety of disciplines dealing with this subject, as well as the variety of homegarden designs present. ! It is ! a very good, broad introduction into an important area of crop production. (Hartmut Stutzel, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Sciences, Vol. 171 (2), 2008)

From the reviews: The editors, both very experienced researchers in the science and art of agroforestry and home gardening, have brought together 20 chapters on the current state of the art of the homegarden. ... The book contains some very detailed studies of homegardens from different continents. ... likely to be accessible in specialist libraries and research institutes. (David Gibbon, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 43, 2007) The book is a well-structured collection of papers by experts in this field. The variety of aspects and approaches reflects the variety of disciplines dealing with this subject, as well as the variety of homegarden designs present. ... It is ... a very good, broad introduction into an important area of crop production. (Hartmut Stutzel, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Sciences, Vol. 171 (2), 2008)

From the reviews: The editors, both very experienced researchers in the science and art of agroforestry and home gardening, have brought together 20 chapters on the current state of the art of the homegarden. ... The book contains some very detailed studies of homegardens from different continents. ... likely to be accessible in specialist libraries and research institutes. (David Gibbon, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 43, 2007) The book is a well-structured collection of papers by experts in this field. The variety of aspects and approaches reflects the variety of disciplines dealing with this subject, as well as the variety of homegarden designs present. ... It is ... a very good, broad introduction into an important area of crop production. (Hartmut Stutzel, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Sciences, Vol. 171 (2), 2008)

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