Indigenous fruit trees in the troIndigenous fruit trees in the tropics : domestication, utilization and commercializationpics : domestication, utilization and commercialization - Original PDF
نویسندگان: Festus K Akinnifesi; et al
خلاصه: Agriculture is at the core of rural livelihoods. The viability of rural livelihoods in
many developing nations is threatened by several interconnected factors which
reduce options for smallholder farmers and rural community dwellers. These
include: inadequate food and nutritional imbalance in diets; narrow opportunities
for off-farm and off-season income, especially for women and children; and
depleting production systems. These negative impacts of modern agriculture are
further exacerbated by the loss of biodiversity of wild forest resources due to
deforestation, overexploitation and the ‘tragedy of the commons’.