Means for improving agricultural productivity among resource-poor smallholder farmers in
Zambia has been high on the agenda of agricultural research in the last 20 years …

Planted-tree fallows (syn. improved fallows) have demonstrated great biophysical potential
for improving soil fertility on smallholders' farms but efforts to scale up their adoption to more …

This paper aims to understand the linkages between adaptive capacity and social protection
within agroforestry contexts through a case study approach. It examines how elements of …

Customary practices such as bush fires and the browsing by livestock, and the absence of
land property rights are important institutional constraints to effective up-scaling of natural …

The relatively low rainfall and limited arable land in South Africa make it imperative to
effectively and efficiently use its natural resources for food and fibre production. This is even …

The lack of tree seed is often cited as a key constraint to the adoption of new agroforestry
technologies, alongside problems of seed quality and lack of a broad diversity of species …

Ambiguity in property rights underlies some customary practices such as bush fires and
browsing by livestock which create conflicts in managing natural resource commons (natural …

" Zambia-ICRAF Agroforestry Project, PO Box 510046, Chipata, Zambia;* University of
Stellenbosch, School ofAgricultural and Forestry Sciences, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7600 …

This work could not have been successfully completed without the moral and intellectual
input of a number of people and institutions. I am especially thankful to my supervisors; Dr …

La d fus ón ex tosa de una tecnología agroforestal mpl ca la superac ón de d versos
obstáculos que comúnmente lm tan el proceso de su expans ón progres va (tamb én …