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datestamp: 2017-05-16 06:32:38
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Partey, S T
creators_name: Sarfo, D A
creators_name: Frith, O
creators_name: Kwaku, M
creators_name: Thevathasan, N V
icrisatcreators_name: Partey, S T
affiliation: International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (Kumasi)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bamako)
affiliation: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph (Guelph)
country: Ghana
country: Mali
country: Canada
title: Potentials of Bamboo-Based Agroforestry for Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review
ispublished: pub
subjects: A1
subjects: s28
subjects: s4004
divisions: CRPS1
crps: crp1.11
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Agroforestry, Deforestation, Land-use systems, Ecosystem services, Bamboo, Sustainability, Africa
note: This review paper was produced as an activity of BiomassWeb (grant no. 031A258A), a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the context of the initiative GlobE “Securing the Global Food Supply”. BiomassWeb is managed by the Center for Development Research, Universität of Bonn, Germany. The authors also thank the two anonymous reviewers and the handling editor for their immense contributions to improving the content of this paper.
abstract: There is widespread assertion among scientists, government and development experts that bamboo agroforestry could contribute to sustainable rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there are limited available data to verify the suitability of the system in the region. In addition, the current state of knowledge and adoption of agroforestry in SSA offers very little guidance as to which type of agroforestry systems bamboo could be integrated. Here, we reviewed the potential socioeconomic and environmental benefits of bamboo agroforestry and accentuate implications on sustainable rural development in SSA. In addition, we analysed potential research areas that could be intensified, so that future developments and scaling-up of bamboo agroforestry can be rooted in robust scientific findings rather than the intuitions of governments and development actors.
date: 2017-03
date_type: published
publication: Agricultural Research
volume: 6
number: 1
publisher: Springer
pagerange: 22-32
id_number: 10.1007/s40003-017-0244-z
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2249-720X
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40003-017-0244-z
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Partey, S T and Sarfo, D A and Frith, O and Kwaku, M and Thevathasan, N V  (2017) Potentials of Bamboo-Based Agroforestry for Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review.  Agricultural Research, 6 (1).  pp. 22-32.  ISSN 2249-720X     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/10005/1/art%253A10.1007%252Fs40003-017-0244-z.pdf