Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity
Good practices for in situ and on-farm conservation
$91.75
- Paperback
456 pages
- Release Date
7 February 2019
Summary
Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case study countries but also from Brazil, China and other parts of Asia and Latin America.
A good practice for diversity is defined as a system, organization or process that, over time and space, ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780367172787 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 036717278X |
| Author: | Arwen Bailey, Bhuwon Sthapit, Hugo Lamers, Ramanatha Rao |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 456 |
| Release Date: | 7 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity |
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Critics Review
“What is needed today is to understand and implement different and innovative approaches – far different from the conventional green revolution type of crop improvement. This book shows the way to make this a reality. It demonstrates how to integrate the innovation of smallholder farmers into large-scale research for development by selecting farmers’ best fruit varieties, employing locally developed good practices and restoring degraded lands with diverse fruit species that at the same time sustainably improve the diets of the poor.” – From the foreword by Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International
Arwen Bailey
Bhuwon Sthapit is an in situ conservation specialist at Bioversity International based in Pokhara, Nepal. Hugo A.H. Lamers is an associate scientist at Bioversity International based in New Delhi, India. V. Ramanatha Rao has worked in plant genetic resources at ICRISAT (Hyderabad, India) and at Bioversity International (Italy, Singapore and Malaysia). Arwen Bailey is Science Editor at Bioversity International based in Rome, Italy.
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