This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the
food and medicinal properties of African agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start of …

Business as usual or transformative change? While the global agro-industrial food system is
credited with increasing food production, availability and accessibility, it is also credited with …

To address the issues of food insecurity within the context of land degradation, extreme
poverty and social deprivation, this review seeks first to understand the main constraints to …

Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most
notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance …

Underutilised crops represent an important component of Southern Africa's agro–
biodiversity that has potential to contribute to the region's post–2015 development …

Agroforestry tree domestication emerged as a farmer-driven, market-led process in the early
1990s and became an international initiative. A participatory approach now supplements the …

This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge of the potential and
challenges associated with the multiple roles, use, management and livelihood contributions …

The harvesting, utilization and marketing of indigenous fruit and nuts have been central to
the livelihoods of majority of rural communities throughout Africa (Akinnifesi et al., 2007; …

Environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and climate change threaten the stability of
our planet. Inappropriate approaches to food production interact with hunger, malnutrition …

There are many fruit trees that could be integrated into dryland farming systems in Sub-
Saharan Africa to support income and nutritional security. Fruit contains almost all known …