Table of Contents
PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE1. Setting priorities among indigenous fruit tree species in Africa: Examples from southern, eastern and western Africa regions, 2. Towards 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 OCEANIA4. Domestication of trees or of forests: development pathways for fruit tree production in southeast Asia, 5. Homegarden-based indigenous fruit tree production in peninsular India, 6. Native fruit tree improvement in Amazonia: an overview, 7. The domestication of fruits and nut trees species in Vanuatu, Oceania, PART III: REGIONAL DOMESTICATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA8. Creating opportunities for domesticating and commercializing miombo indigenous fruit trees in Southern Africa, 9. Domestication, utilisation and marketing of indigenous fruit trees: Experiences from West and Central Africa, 10. Strengthening 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 SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT OF MIOMBO FRUIT TREES12. 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, 19. Germplasm, propagation and nursery management of miombo fruit trees, 20. Pest management in high commercial value indigenous fruit treesPART V: LESSONS FOR COMODITIZING INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES AND NUTS IN THE TROPICS21. Accelerated domestication and commercialization of indigenous fruit and nut trees to enhance better livelihoods in the tropics: Lessons and way forward
