Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics

"An excellent book for libraries that maintain collections in either horticulture or tropical agricultural development."--Choice

Prof Roger Leakey D.Sc., Ph.D., B.Sc., FRGS., FIBiol., NDA was born and brought up in Kenya and is an agricultural botanist by training, with over 400 publications. He was a former Director of Research at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (1993-1997); Head of Tropical Ecology at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Edinburgh, UK (1997-2001) and Professor of Agroecology and Sustainable Development of James Cook University, in Cairns, Australia (2001-2006). In 2006-2008 he was a Coordinating Lead Author in the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development. He is Vice President the International Tree Foundation.

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE 1: Setting priorities among indigenous fruit tree species in Africa: Examples from southern, eastern and western Africa regions 2: Towards domestication strategy for indigenous fruit trees in the tropics 3: Challenges to stimulating the adoption and impact of indigenous fruit trees in tropical agriculture PART II: INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREE DOMESTICATION IN ASIA, LATIN AMERICA and OCEANIA 4: Domestication of trees or of forests: development pathways for fruit tree production in southeast Asia 5: Homegarden-based indigenous fruit tree production in peninsular India 6: Native fruit tree improvement in Amazonia: an overview 7: The domestication of fruits and nut trees species in Vanuatu, Oceania PART III: REGIONAL DOMESTICATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA 8: Creating opportunities for domesticating and commercializing miombo indigenous fruit trees in Southern Africa 9: Domestication, utilisation and marketing of indigenous fruit trees: Experiences from West and Central Africa 10: Strengthening rural livelihoods through domestication of indigenous fruit trees in the parklands of the Sahel 11: The role of indigenous fruit trees in sustainable dryland agriculture in Eastern Africa PART IV: THE BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT OF MIOMBO FRUIT TREES 12: Marketing of indigenous fruits in southern Africa 13: Economics of on-farm production of indigenous fruits 14: Opportunities for commercialization and enterprise development of indigenous fruits in southern Africa 15: The feasibility of small-scale indigenous fruit processing enterprises in Southern Africa 16: Product development: nutritional value, processing and utilization of indigenous fruits from the miombo ecosystem 17: Germplasm, propagation and nursery management of miombo fruit trees 18: Pest management in high commercial value indigenous fruit trees PART V: LESSONS FOR COMODITIZING INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES AND NUTS IN THE TROPICS 19: Accelerated domestication and commercialization of indigenous fruit and nut trees to enhance better livelihoods in the tropics: Lessons and way forward