Trees on the farm : assessing the adoption potential of agroforestry practices in Africa /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing, in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, 2002.
• Subjects: Agroforestry systems > Africa.; Agroforestry > Technology transfer > Africa.; Research.; Extension and Advisory Work.; Forestry Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Silviculture and Forest Management.; Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Agroforestry.; Case studies.; Farmers' attitudes.; Forest policy.; Forestry development.; Innovation adoption.; Technology transfer.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book assesses the adoption of selected agroforestry practices developed with African farmers, describing methods, and drawing out the implications for research, development and policy. Five case studies conducted in Kenya and Zambia to evaluate the adoption potential of agroforestry are included. The cases illustrate methods of farm and village technology design, testing and analysis that are applicable to a wide range of natural resource management practices. Along with the case studies, the contents also include chapters on: the methods for assessing agroforestry adoption potential; promoting new agroforestry technologies; policy lessons from on-farm research and assessing adoption potential; and the lessons learned and future directions.