Trees on the Farm: Assessing the Adoption Potential of Agroforestry Practices in Africa
Readership
Those with an interest in agroforestry, natural resource economics and development studies.
Main Description
Most published books on agroforestry have focused on biophysical aspects. There has been a lack of scientifically rigorous information about the socioeconomic features of agroforestry, and the adoption of agroforestry practices by farmers. This book fills that gap by assessing the adoption of selected agroforestry practices developed with African farmers, describing methods, and drawing out the implications for research, development, and policy. The volume includes five case studies of research conducted in Kenya and Zambia to evaluate the adoption potential of agroforestry. 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: methods for assessing agroforestry adoption potential, promoting new agroforestry technologies: policy lessons from on-farm research, and assessing adoption potential: lessons learned and future directions.
Main Contents
• Introduction, S Franzel and S J Scherr
• Methods for Assessing Agroforestry Adoption Potential, S Franzel, S J Scherr, R Coe, P 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 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 calothyrus: 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
• Index
