Living with the Trees of Life Towards the Transformation of Tropical Agriculture

Download or read book Living with the Trees of Life Towards the Transformation of Tropical Agriculture written by Roger R. B. Leakey and published by CABI. This book was released on 2012 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses and presents case studies on how agroforestry offers innovative and compelling pathways towards food security, human well-being and environmental sustainability. The book underlines how modern science and improved varieties of trees allied to centuries-old knowledge can provide a new set of marketable products of special importance to poor and marginalized people in the tropics and sub-tropics, while simultaneously rehabilitating degraded land and restoring soil fertility.