This chapter discusses the progress in participatory tree domestication in West and Central Africa. The steps in participatory tree domestication are discussed: selection of priority species based on farmers' preferences and market; orientation; collection of germplasm from elite trees chosen by farmers or other users; establishment of passport data for trees from which germplasm was collected (for future use in tracing the owners of trees in respect of property right); development of appropriate vegetative propagation techniques for the different species under domestication; integration of improved propagules in different cropping systems; and marketing studies of products from domesticated species
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https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845931100.0171Altmetric score:
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Publication year
2008
Authors
Atangana, A.R.; Asaah, E.K.; Tsobeng, A. C; Facheaux, C.; Foundjem-Tita, D.; Mbosso M F P C; Sado T; Kanmegne, J.; Mbile P; Tabuna H; Anegbeh P O; Useni M; Tchoundjeu Z; Degrande, A.
Language
English
Keywords
commercialization, fruit trees, indigenous varieties, marketing, trees
Geographic
Cameroon
