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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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 include...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / S. Franzel and S.J. Scherr
• Methods for Assessing Agroforestry Adoption Potential / S. Franzel, S.J. Scherr, R. Coe, P.J.M. Cooper and F. Place
• Assessing the Adoption Potential of Improved Fallows in Eastern Zambia / S. Franzel, D. Phiri and F. Kwesiga
• The Adoption Potential of Short Rotation Improved Tree Fallows : Evidence from Western Kenya / R.A. Swinkels, S. Franzel, K.D. Shepherd, E. Ohlsson and J.K. Ndufa
• Assessing the Adoption Potential of Hedgerow Intercropping for Improving Soil Fertility, Western Kenya / R.A. Swinkels, K.D. Shepherd, S. Franzel, J.K. Ndufa, E. Ohlsson and H. Sjogren
• Farmer-designed Agroforestry Trials : Farmers' Experiences in Western Kenya / S. Franzel, J.K. Ndufa, O.C. Obonyo, T.E. Bekele and R. Coe
• Calliandra calothyrsus : Assessing the Early Stages of Adoption of a Fodder Shrub in the Highlands of Central Kenya / S. Franzel, H.K. Arimi and F.M. Murithi
• Promoting New Agroforestry Technologies : Policy Lessons from On-farm Research / S.J. Scherr and S. Franzel
• Assessing Adoption Potential : Lessons Learned and Future Directions / S. Franzel and S.J. Scherr.