The participatory domestication of West African indigenous fruits
The participatory domestication of West African indigenous fruits
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西非本土水果的参与式驯化
DOI：
10.1505/ifor.5.4.338.22652
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Z. Tchoundjeu
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作者：
R. Leakey;K. Schreckenberg;Z. Tchoundjeu
本研究获得了定量数据的水果和坚果性状从两个本土果树在西非（Irvingia gabonensis和Dacryodes edulis），这导致了识别的树木会议ideotypes的基础上，多个形态，质量和食品特性的特点，希望在推定的品种。同样的数据也显示了人口结构的变化，为自给农民已经达到的驯化水平提供了指标。D. edulis占农民土地上所有果树的21-57%，在农村社区经济中发挥着重要作用。对当地树木种植的社会经济和生物物理限制因素的调查发现，当地水果在西非和中非的农村经济中可以发挥更大的作用。通过进一步驯化这些物种来建立这一点的机会是相当大的，特别是当零售商认识到客户对某些D。鸭梨果实性状，虽然目前批发市场没有。该项目与农林中心2更广泛的农林业方案范围内的一个更大的参与性树木驯化方案相联系，该方案采用传统上宝贵的土著树木。这些项目共同使人们深入了解了驯化土著果树的价值，这对全世界的减贫和可持续发展具有战略重要性。
This study obtained quantitative data on fruit and nut traits from two indigenous fruit trees in West Africa (Irvingia gabonensis and Dacryodes edulis), which have led to the identification of trees meeting ideotypes based on multiple morphological, quality and food property traits desirable in putative cultivars. The same data also indicates changes in population structure that provide pointers to the level of domestication already achieved by subsistence farmers. D. edulis represents 21-57% of all fruit trees in farmers' fields and plays an important part in the economy of rural communities. An investigation of the socio-economic and biophysical constraints to indigenous tree cultivation found that indigenous fruits could play an even greater role in the rural economy of West and Central Africa. The opportunity to build on this through further domestication of these species is considerable, especially as retailers recognise customer preferences for certain D. edulis fruit traits, although at present the wholesale market does not. This project was linked to a larger participatory tree domestication programme within ICRAF's2 wider agroforestry programme with traditionally valuable indigenous trees. Together these projects provided insights into the value of domesticating indigenous fruit trees, which are of strategic importance to poverty alleviation and sustainable development worldwide.