Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: SETTING THE SCENE -- 1 Setting Priorities among Indigenous Fruit Tree Species in Africa: Examples from Southern, Eastern and Western Africa Regions -- 2 Towards a Domestication Strategy for Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics -- 3 Challenges to Stimulating the Adoption and Impact of Indigenous Fruit Trees in Tropical Agriculture -- PART II: INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREE DOMESTICATION IN ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND OCEANIA -- 4 Domestication of Trees or Forests: Development Pathways for Fruit Tree Production in South-east Asia -- 5 Homegarden-based Indigenous Fruit Tree Production in Peninsular India -- 6 Native Fruit Tree Improvement in Amazonia: An Overview -- 7 The Domestication of Fruit and Nut Tree Species in Vanuatu, Oceania -- PART III: REGIONAL DOMESTICATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA -- 8 Creating Opportunities for Domesticating and Commercializing Miombo Indigenous Fruit Trees in Southern Africa -- 9 Domestication, Utilization and Marketing of Indigenous Fruit Trees in West and Central Africa -- 10 Improving Rural Livelihoods through Domestication of Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Parklands of the Sahel -- 11 The Role of Indigenous Fruit Trees in Sustainable Dryland Agriculture in Eastern Africa -- PART IV: THE BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF MIOMBO FRUIT TREES -- 12 Marketing of Indigenous Fruits in Southern Africa -- 13 Economics of On-farm Production of Indigenous Fruits -- 14 Opportunities for Commercialization and Enterprise Development of Indigenous Fruits in Southern Africa -- 15 The Feasibility of Small-scale Indigenous Fruit Processing Enterprises in Southern Africa -- 16 Product Development: Nutritional Value, Processing and Utilization of Indigenous Fruits from the Miombo Ecosystem.

17 The Role of Institutional Arrangements and Policy on the Conservation, Utilization and Commercialization of Indigenous Fruits in Southern Africa -- 18 Ecology and Biology of Uapaca kirkiana, Strychnos cocculoides and Sclerocarya birrea in Southern Africa -- 19 Germplasm Supply, Propagation and Nursery Management of Miombo Fruit Trees -- 20 Pest Management in Miombo Fruit Trees -- PART V: LESSONS FOR COMMODITIZING INDIGENOUS FRUIT AND NUT TREES IN THE TROPICS -- 21 Accelerated Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Fruit and Nut Trees to Enhance Better Livelihoods in the Tropics: Lessons and Way Forward -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

It has been recognized that an important factor in improving viability of rural livelihoods in developing countries is the promotion of sustainable agriculture. As opposed to relying solely on cash crops, this can be achieved through domestication of various indigenous fruit trees that can be cultivated and owned by smallholder farmers.

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