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Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use

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Editors:
  1. P.K. Ramachandran Nair

    1. Sch. of Forest Resources and Conservatio, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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  2. Dennis Garrity

    1. ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre), Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Excerpts of keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, 2009, by Nobel Laureates and other world leaders
  • State-of-the art reviews on various aspects of agroforestry by professional leaders in their respective fields
  • Comprehensive global coverage the current status of agroforestry in both the developing countries and the industrialized temperate regions

Part of the book series: Advances in Agroforestry (ADAG, volume 9)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Agroforestry, Climate Change and Habitat Protection

      • Wangari Maathai
      Pages 3-6

    3. Agroforestry for an Evergreen Revolution

      • M. S. Swaminathan
      Pages 7-10

    4. Environmental Resilience and Agroforestry

      • Richard Leakey
      Pages 11-12

    5. Climate Change and Agroforestry

      • Rajendra K. Pachauri
      Pages 13-15

    6. Agroforestry and the Transition to the Future

      • Achim Steiner
      Pages 17-20

    7. Agroforestry and the Future of Global Land Use

      • Dennis Garrity
      Pages 21-27

  3. Global Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Climate Change Mitigation: A Low-Hanging Fruit of Agroforestry

      • P. K. R. Nair
      Pages 31-67

    3. Segregate or Integrate for Multifunctionality and Sustained Change Through Rubber-Based Agroforestry in Indonesia and China

      • Meine van Noordwijk, Hesti Lestari Tata, Jianchu Xu, Sonya Dewi, Peter A. Minang
      Pages 69-104

    4. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Through Agroforestry and Ecosystem Conservation

      • Johanna Matocha, Götz Schroth, Terry Hills, Dave Hole
      Pages 105-126

    5. High-Carbon-Stock Rural-Development Pathways in Asia and Africa: Improved Land Management for Climate Change Mitigation

      • Peter A. Minang, Meine van Noordwijk, Brent M. Swallow
      Pages 127-143

    6. Tree Domestication in Agroforestry: Progress in the Second Decade (2003–2012)

      • Roger R. B. Leakey, John C. Weber, Tony Page, Jonathan P. Cornelius, Festus K. Akinnifesi, James M. Roshetko et al.
      Pages 145-173

    7. Policy Support for Large-Scale Adoption of Agroforestry Practices: Experience from Africa and Asia

      • Oluyede C. Ajayi, Frank Place
      Pages 175-201

    8. Multifunctional Agriculture and Opportunities for Agroforestry: Implications of IAASTD

      • Roger R. B. Leakey
      Pages 203-214

  4. Regional Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. The Future of Temperate Agroforestry in the United States

      • Shibu Jose, Michael A. Gold, Harold E. Garrett
      Pages 217-245

    3. Agroforestry Research and Development in Canada: The Way Forward

      • Naresh V. Thevathasan, Andrew M. Gordon, Robert Bradley, Alain Cogliastro, Percy Folkard, Robert Grant et al.
      Pages 247-283

    4. Past, Present and Future of Agroforestry Systems in Europe

      • M. R. Mosquera-Losada, G. Moreno, A. Pardini, J. H. McAdam, V. Papanastasis, P. J. Burgess et al.
      Pages 285-312
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About this book

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.

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 orbiology, and that a copy of the book is purchased for institutional libraries.” (Zewge Teklehaimanot, Frontiers of Biogeography, Vol. 5 (3), 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sch. of Forest Resources and Conservatio, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    P.K. Ramachandran Nair

  • ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre), Nairobi, Kenya

    Dennis Garrity

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