Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case study countries but also from Brazil, China and other parts of Asia and Latin America.
A good practice for diversity is defined as a system, organization or process that, over time and space, maintains, enhances and creates crop genetic diversity, and ensures its availability to and from farmers and other users. Drawing on experiences from a UNEP-GEF project on "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild and Cultivated Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity for Promoting Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services", with case studies from India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, the authors show how methods for identifying good practices are still evolving and challenges in scaling-up remain. They identify key principles effective as a strategy for mainstreaming good practice into development efforts. Few books draw principles and lessons learned from good practices. This book fills this gap by combining good practices from the research project on tropical fruit trees with chapters from external experts to broaden its scope and relevance.
Part 1: Setting Context
1. On-farm and In Situ Conservation of Tropical
Fruit Tree Diversity: Context and Conceptual Framework Bhuwon Sthapit, Hugo
A.H. Lamers, V. Ramanatha Rao, Arwen Bailey, Percy Sajise, Paul Quek
2. Key
Concepts Bhuwon Sthapit,V. Ramanatha Rao and Hugo A.H. Lamers
3. Community
Biodiversity Management as an Approach for Realizing On-farm Management of
Agricultural Biodiversity Bhuwon Sthapit, Hugo A.H. Lamers, V. Ramanatha Rao
and Arwen Bailey
4. Custodians of Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity: Identifying
and Strengthening the Roles and Rights of Custodian Farmers Bhuwon Sthapit,
Hugo A.H. Lamers and V. Ramanatha Rao Part 2: Good Practices of Agricultural
Biodiversity Management and Sustainable Use
5. Good Practices for
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Crop Wild Relatives of Tropical Fruit
Tree Diversity Danny Hunter and Suchitra Changtragoon
6. Exotic and
Indigenous Fruit Tree Diversity On-farm and the Conservation of Tree Genetic
Resources: Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa Katja Kehlenbeck
7. Promoting
Community Management of Underutilized Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Genetic
Resources in Brazil Josué Francisco da Silva Jśnior, Dalva Maria da Mota,
Rosa Lia Barbieri and Adriana Alercia
8. Good Practice: Using Intra-specific
Crop Diversity to Manage Pests and Pathogens in China Keyu Bai, Huaxian Peng,
Jie Wu, Yayun Yang, Enlai Zhang, Luyuan Dai, Chunmin Lu, Yunyue Wang, Jie
Yuan, Chunlin Long, Paola De Santis, and Devra Jarvis
9. Kandyan Home
Gardens: a Time-tested Good Practice from Sri Lanka for Conserving Tropical
Fruit Tree Diversity D.K.N.G. Pushpakumara, H.M.S. Heenkenda, B. Marambe,
R.H.G. Ranil, B.V.R. Punyawardena, J. Weerahewa, G.L.L.P. Silva, D. Hunter
and J. Rizvi
10. Amazonian Fruits: How Farmers Nurture Nutritional Diversity
On Farm and in the Forest Patricia Shanley, Charles R. Clement, José Edmar
Urano de Carvalho, Alfredo Kingo Oyama Homma, Antonio Jose Elias Amorim de
Menezes Part 3: Case Studies of the Project, "Conservation and Sustainable
Use of Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity" from South and Southeast Asia Case
Studies: Propagation and Nursery Management
11. A Suite of Propagation and
Management Techniques for Garcinia in the Central Western Ghats Region of
Karnataka, India Vasudeva R., B.M.C. Reddy and Bhuwon Sthapit
12. A Set of
Interconnected Practices which Enhances and Conserve Mango Diversity in
Malihabad, India Shailendra Rajan, Hugo A.H. Lamers and Barasti Lal
13.
Maintenance of Mother Blocks of Citrus Rootstocks by Farmers and Nurseries
for Production of Quality Planting Materials Indra Pal Singh
14. Marcotting
as Good Practice for Maintaining Diversity of Citrus Swampy Lands of South
Kalimantan, Indonesia Achmad Rafieq, Muhammad Sabran, Susi Lesmayati, Winarno
and Idha Widi Arsanti
15. Combination of Side Grafting Technique and Informal
Germplasm Exchange System in Non-irrigated Mango Orchards in Thailand Pichit
Sripinta, Supattanakit Posawang, Chatchanok Noppornphan, Songpol Somsri and
Bhuwon Sthapit
16. Propagation and Pruning Techniques of Garcinia atroviridis
(Asam Gelugor) in Bukit Gantang, Perak, Malaysia Zahimi Hassan, Norhayati Md
Harun, Mohd Nizam Abdullah, Muhammad Shafie Md Sah, Salma Idris, Hugo A.H.
Lamers and Bhuwon Sthapit Case Studies: Production and Management
17. The
Role of a Traditional Festival, Chhath Puja, in the Conservation and
Sustainable Use of Tropical Fruits Awtar Singh, Vishal Nath, Sanjay Kumar
Singh, Bhuwon Sthapit and B.M.C. Reddy
18. Multivarietal Orchards: An Age-old
Conservation Practice in Mango T.M. Gajanana, M.R. Dinesh, Sudha Mysore,
Bhuwon Sthapit, Hugo A.H. Lamers, B.M.C. Reddy, V. Ramanatha Rao and V.
Dakshinamoorthy
19. Integrated Home Gardens for Maintaining Diversity of
Mango and Citrus, and for Family Wellbeing in East Java Kuntoro Boga Andri,
Putu Bagus Daroini, Winarno, Prama Yufdy, Nono Sutrisno and Idha Widi Arsanti
20. Management of Garcinia Fusca Pierre for Sustainable Use Tawatchai
Nimkingrat, Ratchanee Siriyan, Auttapon Rukkaphan, Margaret C. Yoovatana and
Songpol Somsri
21. Production and Management of an Underutilized Fruit:
Aroi-Aroi (Garcinia forbesii King) in Home Gardens and Orchards Wong W.W.W.,
Jamaluddin Lani and Hugo A.H. Lamers Case Studies: Linking Farmers with
Markets (Commercialization that Supports Diversity Maintenance and Livelihood
of Poor)
22. How can Markets Contribute to the Conservation of Agricultural
Biodiversity on Farms? From Theory into Practice Hugo A.H. Lamers, Froukje
Kruijssen, Bhuwon R. Sthapit and V. Ramanatha Rao
23. Agrotourism in Kampung
Kakeng, Serian: Development and Challenges Pearlycia Brooke, Salma Idris,
Rateng Girid, Lau Cheng Yuon, Muhammad Shafie Md. Sah, Hugo A.H. Lamers
24.
Conserving Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity by Using their Products and
Promoting Agrotourism: Lessons from an Empowered Community in Southern
Thailand Montree Issarakraisila, Margaret C. Yoovatana and Songpol Somsri
25.
Value Addition of a Local Food Using Garcinia Cowa Leaves through Collective
Actions and Marketing by Womens Groups Samroeng Changprasert, Sombat
Tongtao, Chatchanok Noppornphan and Songpol Somsri
26. Value Creation for
Garcinia Gummi-gutta and Garcinia indica through Energy-efficient Dryers and
Product Differentiation in Central Western Ghats region of Karnataka, India
Vasudeva R., Narasimha Hegde , B.M C. Reddy and Bhuwon Sthapit Case Studies:
Working Modality with Communities and Multi-stakeholders Partners
27.
Community Forests Utilization and Informal Regulation for Tropical Fruit Tree
Conservation Adhitya Marendra Kiloes, Kuntoro Boga Andri, Achmad Rafieq,
Winarno, Idha Widi Arsanti and Zahirotul Hikmah Hassan
28. An Informal
Network of Grafting Experts to Help Communities Conserve and Use Wild Pickle
Mango (Mangifera indica) Diversity in the central Western Ghats Region of
Karnataka, India Vasudeva R., Narasimha Hegde, B.M.C. Reddy and Bhuwon
Sthapit
29. Social Capital Building for Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity
Management M.P Vasimalai, M. Palanisamy and M. Kirankumar Part 4: A Way
Forward
30. Reflections on Good Practice Identification, Documentation,
Piloting and Mainstreaming Challenges Bhuwon Sthapit, Hugo A.H. Lamers, and
V. Ramanatha Rao
Bhuwon Sthapit is an in situ conservation specialist at Bioversity International based in Pokhara, Nepal.
Hugo A.H. Lamers is an associate scientist at Bioversity International based in New Delhi, India.
V. Ramanatha Rao has worked in plant genetic resources at ICRISAT (Hyderabad, India) and at Bioversity International (Italy, Singapore and Malaysia).
Arwen Bailey is Science Editor at Bioversity International based in Rome, Italy.
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