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Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use P.K. Ramachandran Nair

Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use By P.K. Ramachandran Nair

Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use by P.K. Ramachandran Nair


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that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as Global Perspectives (seven chapters) and Regional Perspectives (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide.

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Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use by P.K. Ramachandran Nair

This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as Global Perspectives (seven chapters) and Regional Perspectives (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.

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From the reviews:

This book is derived from the 2nd World Agroforestry Congress, held in Kenya in 2009. Each of its three sections provides a different perspective on agroforestry. ... the synthesis of recent information is not duplicated in typical journal articles and represents a significant contribution to the understanding of agroforestry today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (B. D. Orr, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013)

The book is well written, beautifully produced and contains a wealth of information on agroforestry today. ... All the chapters are of high quality, containing detailed, state-of-the-art, up-to-date information on the different topics of interest to a broader, multidisciplinary audience. ... It is of interest to anyone engaged in the practice of agroforestry, forestry or agriculture. ... I recommend it to both undergraduates and postgraduate students of agroforestry, forestry, agriculture, ecology or biology, and that a copy of the book is purchased for institutional libraries. (Zewge Teklehaimanot, Frontiers of Biogeography, Vol. 5 (3), 2013)

Table of Contents

Preface, List of Authors, List of Reviewers
Section I. INTRODUCTION
Keynote Presentations at WCA2
1. Agroforestry, climate change, and habitat protection; Wangari Maathai
2. Agroforestry for an ever-green revolution; M. S. Swaminathan
3. Environmental resilience and agroforestry; Richard Leakey
4. Climate change and agroforestry; R. K. Pachaur
5. Agroforestry and the transition to the future; Achim Steiner
6. Agroforestry and the future of global land use; Dennis Garrity
Section II. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Based on WCA2 Symposia
7. Climate-change mitigation: A low-hanging fruit of agroforestry; P. K. R. Nair
8. Segregate or integrate for multifunctionality: landscape agroforestry involving rubber in Indonesia and China; M. van Noordwijk, H. L. Tata, J. Xu, S. Dewi, and P. Minang
9. Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry and ecosystem conservation; J. Matocha, T. Hills, D. Hole, and G. Schroth
10. High-carbon-stock rural development pathways in Asia and Africa: Improved land management for climate change mitigation; P. A. Minang, M. Van Noordwijk, and B. Swallow
11. Tree domestication in agroforestry: Progress in the second decade (2003-2012); R. B. Leakey, J. C. Weber, T. Page, J. P. Cornelius, F. K. Akinnifesi, J. M. Roshetko, Z. Tchoundjeu, and R. Jamnadass
12. Policy support for large-scale adoption of agroforestry practices: Experience from Africa and Asia; O. C. Ajayi and F. Place
13. Multifunctional Agriculture and opportunities for agroforestry - Implications of IAASTD; R. B. Leakey
Section III. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
14. The future of temperate agroforestry in the United States; S. Jose, M. A. Gold, and H. E. Garrett
15. Agroforestry research and development in Canada; N. V. Thevathasan, A. M. Gordon, R. Bradley, A. Cogliastro, P. Folkard, R. Grant, J. Kort, L. Liggins, F. Njenga, A. Olivier, C. Pharo, G. Powell, D. Rivest, T. Schiks, D. Trotter, K. Van Rees, J. Whalen, and L. Zabek
16. Past, present, and future of agroforestry in Europe; M. R. Mosquera-Losada, G. Moreno, A. Pardini, J. H. McAdam, V. Papanastasis, P. J. Burgess, N. Lamersdorf, M. Castro, F. Liagre, and A. Rigueiro-Rodriguez
17. Agroforestry for mine-land reclamation in Germany: Capitalizing on carbon sequestration and bioenergy production; A. Quinkenstein, D. Freese, C. Boehm, P. Tsonkova, and R. F. Huttl18. The Satoyama landscape of Japan: The future of an indigenous agricultural system in an industrialized society; K. Ichikawa and G. G. Toth
19. South Asian agroforestry: traditions, transformations, and prospects; B. M. Kumar, A. K. Singh, and S. K. Dhyani
20. Agroforestry in the Amazon region: A pathway for balancing conservation and development; R. Porro, R. P. Miller, M. R. Tito, J. Donovan, J. L. Vivan
21. Mainstreaming agroforestry in Latin America; E. Somarriba, J. Beer, J. A. Orihuela, H. Andrade, R. Cerda, F. DeClerck, G. Detlefsen, M. Escalante, L. A. Giraldo, M. Ibrahim, L Krishnamurthy, V. E. Mena, J. R. Mora, L. Orozco, M. Scheelje, and J. J. Campos
22. Land health surveillance: Mapping soil carbon in Kenyan rangelands; T.-G. Vagen, F. A. Davey, and K. D. Shepherd
23. Gender and agroforestry in Africa: Who benefits? - An African perspective; E. Kiptot and S. Franzel
24. Incentive mechanisms for smallholder agroforestry: Opportunities and challenges in the Philippines; D. Catacutan, R. D. Lasko, and C. D. Pinon
25. Agroforestry - The Way Forward; P.K. Nair and D. Garrity
Subject Index

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NLS9789401781220
9789401781220
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Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use by P.K. Ramachandran Nair
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2014-09-21
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