Resources Tagged: Multipurpose Trees
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2023-03-28 Guazuma ulmifolia, also known as West Indian elm or “guacimo,” sustains the livestock of many small farmers at the end of the dry season when grasses are scarce. It is one of the first perennial plants to establish in degraded or disturbed areas.
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2006-01-01 Ndjanssang Ricinodendron heudelotii: Field Manual for Extension Workers and Farmers provides information about how to grow theNdjanssang tree where to grow, how to grow, and also propagation details. 20 pages, tables Practical Manual no. 7
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Key Resource 1984-09-01 Next to food, firewood is the most scarce item in developing countries. More than one third of the world is dependent upon firewood to supply their energy needs and ninety percent of the people in the poorest countries depend upon it as their chief source of fuel. What better way is there to...
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1994-01-01 The aim of this series of publications is to bring together published information on selected genera of trees which have the potential to increase the supply of fodder for ruminants. This booklet on Cassia summarizes published information on the fodder characteristics and nutritive value of one...
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1993-01-01 This book provides information on the many uses of Erythrina, as well as its production and use. Eeythrina is increasingly noted in the literature as: a producer of forage, green manure, medicine and wood for handicrafts; a support tree for valuable climbing crops; a "shade tree" for coffee,...
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1985-01-01 The present booklet comprises the base document prepared for a planning workship to discuss international cooperation in multipurpose tree germplasm.
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1995-01-01 The purpose of this publication is to make a beginning towards two parallel efforts that we feel are required. The first is to provide authentic information to rejuvenate self-help methods based on Neem, particularly in the context of agriculture and medicine. The second is to create an awareness...
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1983-01-01 The problems of firewood shortages and the promise of firewood plantations were described extensively in the first volume. No less than one-and-a-half billion people in developing countries derive at least 90 percent of their energy requirements from wood and charcoal. Another billion people meet...
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Key Resource 1980-01-01 The problems of firewood shortages and the promise of firewood plantations were described extensively in the first volume. No less than one-and-a-half billion people in developing countries derive at least 90 percent of their energy requirements from wood and charcoal. Another billion people meet...
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The presentation introduces and defines the concept of multipurpose trees and shrubs in agroforesty. Different areas for multipurpose trees and shrubs research are presented and discussed. These relate to the tree component itself, its effect on the environment, its role in agroforesty systems...