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Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions

with an Emphasis on the Sahelian Countries

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Henk Breman

    1. Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  2. Jan-Joost Kessler

    1. Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences (AGRICULTURAL, volume 23)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    • Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Distribution and Canopy Cover of Woody Species

    • Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler
    Pages 4-53

  4. Production of Woody Plants

    • Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler
    Pages 54-97

  5. The Influence of Woody Plants on Plant Production Factors

    • Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler
    Pages 98-265

  6. Synthesis, Generalisation and Recommendations

    • Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler
    Pages 266-309

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 311-341
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About this book

This book provides a quantitative analysis of the role of woody plants in semi-arid regions, for the aSSessment of their benefits in agrosylvopastoralland-use systems with productive and sus­ tainability objectives. The insights presented and conclusions drawn allow the additional benefits of woody plants for specific climatic and physical site conditions and land-use systems to be estimated. The Sahel and Sudan zones in West Africa, on which the book focusses, represent resource-poor conditions, whose ecological dynamics have been relatively well studied. The role of woody plants in this region, as assessed in this book, is extrapolated to other semi-arid regions, leading to general conclusions on agroforestry's potential as an option for sustainable land use in semi-arid regions. The origins of this book go back to 1982, when the Club du Sahel requested that available data on woody plants in the Sahel region be synthesised, to provide basic information to enable better attention to be given to woody plants in rural development programmes. We are grateful to the Club du Sahel for this challenge. Various people contributed to studies used in this book. The preliminary inventory of the data available was made by Frits Ohler; later his work was continued by Franciska Dekker.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions

  • Book Subtitle: with an Emphasis on the Sahelian Countries

  • Authors: Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler

  • Series Title: Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79207-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-79209-0Published: 30 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-79207-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-4207

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 340

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology, Environmental Economics

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