2006-01-01 ‘Homegardens’ are integrated tree–crop–animal production systems, often established on small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from the world’s leading researchers and professionals in...
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration depends on the existence of living tree stumps in the fields to be re-vegetated. New stems which can be selected and pruned for improved growth sprout from these stumps.
1993-01-01 This guide contains all the basic information needed to set up and successfully run nurseries relying on manual work. It focuses on the production of containerised seedlings as the method most commonly used in the ILO's Special Public Works Programme (SPWP) and other non-industrial tree planting...
1985-01-01 The present booklet comprises the base document prepared for a planning workship to discuss international cooperation in multipurpose tree germplasm.
1976-01-01 This Manual on Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines, the first of its kind ever published, will serve as a guide and a valuable reference for foresters and for those engaged in reforestation and erosion control in the country. It is the product of the joint efforts and...
1993-01-01 This booklet will trace the development of tropical forest management in Western Ghats, to illustrate the range of experience and knowledge that has been gathered during the past century and more of commonwealth forestry. Forest management is no longer the concern of foresters alone, and the fate...
1999-01-01 The papers in this volume describe field test experiences with methods for measuring carbon storage by three types of land use: natural forest, plantation forest, and agroforestry. Winrock and its partners are working with organizations concerned with climate change and involved in carbon...
1994-01-01 Restoration Forestry brings together over 50 articles from professional foresters, ecologists, and resource planners at ground-breaking research centers around the world, providing actual results and valuable insights from ongoing forest eco-systems restoration projects in North America, Latin...
1996-01-01 This study examines the world market situation for cashew nuts, cashew kernels and cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL). The cashew but production has diversified since the 1970s" India, Mozambique and Tanzania shared 95% of the world market. In the 1990s Brazil and India are main producers, followed...
1995-08-10 Science in Agroforestryprovides information on how science and research will imporve the sustainablitiy of agroforestry systems. The development of agroforestry systems should be based on four key features: competition, complexity, profitablility, and sustainability. The book includes these ideas...