NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS 9 Domestication and commercialization of non-timber forest products in agroforestry systems
Proceedings of an international conference held in Nairobi, Kenya 19-23 February 1996
edited by R.R.B. Leakey, A.B. Temu, M. Melnyk and P. Vantomme
CRAF
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 1996 Contents
Foreword iii
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry iv
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations v
Conference recommendation to FAO for the World Food Summit vi
Introduction
Linkages between domestication and commercialization of 1 non-timber forest products: implications for agroforestry R.R.B. Leakey and A-M.N. Izac
ICRAF's strategy for domestication of non-wood tree products 8 A.J. Simons
Product identification, assessment and monitoring
Integrating the assessment of non-timber forest products into the 23 forest inventory of a large area: experiences from Nepal Christoph Kleinn, Risto Laamanen and Samar Bahadur Malla
Sow's ears and silk purses—non-timber forest product identification, . . 32 assessment and monitoring ; s' H. GydeLund
Indigenous knowledge and ethnobotany Uncultivated plants for human nutrition in Cote d'lvoire 40 F. Herzog, D. Gautier-Beguin and K. Miiller
Use and commercialization of non-timber forest products in 51 western Burkina Faso Nieyidouba Lamien, Amadou Sidibe and Jules Bayala \, Utilization of non-timber tree products in dryland areas: 65 examples from southern and eastern Africa Marion Karmann and Ingrid Lorbach
Product development, management and marketing
I A holistic approach to the domestication and commercialization 75 )\ of non-timber forest products Frank Taylor, Stanley M. Mateke and Karen J. Butterworth
Flavours, spices and edible gums: opportunities for integrated 86 agroforestry systems Joseph Hulse VIII
Indigenous enterprise for the domestication of trees and the 97 commercialization of their fruits Mary Melnyk
Promoting the cultivation of indigenous plants for markets: 104 experiences from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Myles Mander, Jenny Mander and Charles Breen Shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa) production and collection in 110 agroforestry parklands of Burkina Faso J.-M. Boffa, G. Yameogo, P. Nikiema and D.M. Knudson
Inventory and future management strategies of multipurpose 123 tree and herb species for non-timber forest products in Nepal S.P. Sah and I.C. Dutta
Product domestication and adoption by farmers
Economic factors in farmer adoption of forest product activities 131 J.E.M. Arnold
Domestication of valuable tree species in agroforestry systems: 147 evolutionary stages from gathering to breeding K.F. Wiersum
Agroforests as an alternative to pure plantations for the 160 A/, domestication and commercialization of NTFPs 'n G. Michon and H. de Foresta
Production and commercialization of gum arabic in Sudan 176 Abul Gasim Seif el Din and Manar Zarroug
- Domestication and crop development of Duboisia spp. (Solanaceae) 183 Wulf Ohlendorf Utilization of local fruit in wine making in Malawi 188 Timothy N. Ngwira
Domestication of bush mango (Irvingia spp.): some exploitable 193 intraspecific variations in west and central Africa David O. Ladipo, J.M. Fondoun and N. Ganga
Domestication of mushrooms from the miombo woodlands: 206 current status and crucial issues for agroforestry Esron Munyanziza
Development of Coleus forskohlii as a medicinal crop 212 Virbala Shah and B.S. Kalakoti
Non-timber forest products marketing: field testing of the 218 marketing information system methodology Abwoli Y. Banana IX
Croton megalocarpus, the poultry-feed tree: how local knowledge 226 could help to feed the world Rik Thijssen
Policy and institutional aspects
Market, policies and institutions in NTTP trade: nothing is perfect 235 Thomas P. Tomich An introduction to selected FAO programmes related to non-wood 256 forest products Leo Lintu
Working group reports
1) Assessment and monitoring of non-timber forest products 262
2) Indigenous knowledge and ethnobotany 267
3) Product development and management 270
4) Product domestication and adoption by farmers 273
5) Policy and institutional aspects 276
Poster paper abstracts 280
List of participants 288