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New Vistas in Agroforestry

A Compendium for 1st World Congress of Agroforestry, 2004

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  1. P. K. R. Nair
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  2. M. R. Rao
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  3. L. E. Buck
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Part of the book series: Advances in Agroforestry (ADAG, volume 1)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-1
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
      PDF

  3. Systems, Practices, and Components

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
      PDF

    2. Hardwood silvopasture management in North America

      • H. E. Garrett, M. S. Kerley, K. P. Ladyman, W. D. Walter, L. D. Godsey, J. W. Van Sambeek et al.
      Pages 21-33

    4. Short-rotation woody crops and phytoremediation: Opportunities for agroforestry?

      • D. L. Rockwood, C. V. Naidu, D. R. Carter, M. Rahmani, T. A. Spriggs, C. Lin et al.
      Pages 51-63

    5. Windbreaks in North American agricultural systems

      • J. R. Brandle, L. Hodges, X. H. Zhou
      Pages 65-78

    7. Mechanized land preparation in forest-based fallow systems: The experience from Eastern Amazonia

      • M. Denich, K. Vielhauer, M. S. de A. Kato, A. Block, O. R. Kato, T. D. de Abreu Sá et al.
      Pages 91-106

    8. Medicinal and aromatic plants in agroforestry systems

      • M. R. Rao, M. C. Palada, B. N. Becker
      Pages 107-122

    10. The enigma of tropical homegardens

      • B. M. Kumar, P. K. R. Nair
      Pages 135-152

  4. Biological and Ecological issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    3. Tree domestication in tropical agroforestry

      • A. J. Simons, R. R. B. Leakey
      Pages 167-181

    4. Managing biological and genetic diversity in tropical agroforestry

      • K. Atta-Krah, R. Kindt, J. N. Skilton, W. Amaral
      Pages 183-194

    5. Why extensive research and development did not promote use of peach palm fruit in Latin America

      • C. R. Clement, J. C. Weber, J. van Leeuwen, C. Astorga Domian, D. M. Cole, L. A. Arévalo Lopez et al.
      Pages 195-206
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About this book

It was in late 2002 that the idea of preparing a collection of multi-authored chapters on different aspects of ag- st forestry as a compendium for the 1 World Congress of Agroforestry, June 2004, was tossed around. With the approval of the idea by the Congress Organizing Committee, serious efforts to make it a reality got under way in early 2003. The rigorously peer-reviewed and edited manuscripts were submitted to the publisher in December 2003. Considering the many differentindividualsinvolved in the task as authors and manuscriptreviewers, we feel quite pleased that the task could be accomplished within this timeframe. We are pleased also about the contents on several counts. First of all, the tropical-temperate mix of topics is a rare feature of a publication of this nature. In spite of the scienti?c commonalities between tropical and temperate practices of agroforestry, the differences between them are so enormous that it is often impossible to mesh them together in one publication. Secondly, several of the chapters are on topics that have not been discussed or described much in agroforestryliterature. A third feature is that some of the authors, though well known in their own disciplinary areas, are somewhat new to agroforestry; the perceptions and outlooks of these scholars who are relatively unin?uenced by the past happenings in agroforestry gives a whole new dimension to agroforestry and broadensthescopeofthesubject. Finally, ratherthanjustreviewingandsummarizingpastwork,mostchapterstake the extra effort in attempting to outline the next steps.
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About the authors

Dr. P.K.R. Nair is Professor of Agroforestry at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA and has been a founder-scientist at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya for about 10 years. He is a leading world authority and a pioneering researcher and educator in agroforestry.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Vistas in Agroforestry

  • Book Subtitle: A Compendium for 1st World Congress of Agroforestry, 2004

  • Editors: P. K. R. Nair, M. R. Rao, L. E. Buck

  • Series Title: Advances in Agroforestry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2424-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2501-3Published: 17 June 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6673-2Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2424-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1875-1199

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-1202

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 480

  • Topics: Forestry, Agriculture, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Ecology, Environmental Management

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