Crops, browse and pollinators in Africa : an initial stock-taking.
African Pollinators Initiative.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Nature Kenya.
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
2007.
Pollination is an ecosystem service that is key to food security. Pollinators are essential for many fruit and vegetable crops. In agriculture, especially amongst pollen-limited crops, promoting pollination services is a means of increasing productivity without resorting to expensive agricultural inputs of pesticides or herbicides. As wild ecosystems are increasingly converted to more human-dominated uses to meet the compelling demand of food security, it is critical for us to understand what pollination services are most important for food security, and how we can preserve pollinator services in sustainable farming systems. FAO, through the FAO/Netherlands Partnership Program, supported an initial stock-taking of pollinator-dependent crops and browse plants in Africa, presented in this document.--Publisher's description.
"First published in 2003 ... Republished in 2007, with assistance from FAO and Nature Kenya"--P. iii.
"Produced by the African Pollinators Initiative."
Includes bibliographical references.
Identifying the state of knowledge. Farmers' knowledge in Kenya / Rachel Kagoiya -- Farmers' and extensionists knowledge in Ghana / Peter Kwapong -- Research and civil society organisations: Knowledge of pollination / Dino Martins -- In the literature / Barbara Gemmill-Herren. Initial Assessments and Lessons Learned. Fruit crops. Deciduous fruit in South Africa / Geoff Tribe -- Watermelon in Kenya / Grace Njoroge, Laban Njoroge and Barbara Gemmill-Herren -- Mango in Ghana / Peter Kwapong and Mary Botchey -- Papaya in Kenya / Dino Martins -- Avocado in Kenya / Wanja Kinuthia and Laban Njoroge. Nut crops. Cashew in Ghana / Peter Kwapong. Oil crops. Coconut in Ghana / Peter Kwapong -- Groundnut  in Ghana / Peter Kwapong and Wisdom Hordzi -- Oil palm  in Ghana / Peter Kwapong and Benjamin Mensah. Browse. Acadia pods in Kenya / Dino Martins -- Indogera in Kenya / Barbara Gemmill-Herren. Beverage and stimulant crops. Coffee in Kenya / Wanja Kinuthia, Barbara Gemmill-Herren and Laban Njoroge.
Pollination is an ecosystem service that is key to food security. Pollinators are essential for many fruit and vegetable crops. In agriculture, especially amongst pollen-limited crops, promoting pollination services is a means of increasing productivity without resorting to expensive agricultural inputs of pesticides or herbicides. As wild ecosystems are increasingly converted to more human-dominated uses to meet the compelling demand of food security, it is critical for us to understand what pollination services are most important for food security, and how we can preserve pollinator services in sustainable farming systems. FAO, through the FAO/Netherlands Partnership Program, supported an initial stock-taking of pollinator-dependent crops and browse plants in Africa, presented in this document.--Publisher's description.
Crops
Food crops
Browse (Animal food)
Pollinators
Available both in print and online.
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