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245	0	0	_aManaging agrodiversity the traditional way : _blessons from West Africa in sustainable use of biodiversity and related natural resources / _cedited by Edwin A. Gyasi, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Essie T. Blay, and William Oduro.
260			_aTokyo, _bUnited Nations University Press _cc2004.
300			_axxviii, 266 p. : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c24 cm.
500			_aThis book is a result of the multidisciplinary, participatory research work in West Africa, particularly in Ghana, as part of the UNU Project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (UNU/PLEC).
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_a1. Methodological approaches to the book / Edwin A. Gyasi -- 2. Philosophical foundations of biophysical resource use with special reference to Ghana / Alfred A. Oteng-Yeboah -- 3. Traditional methods of resource assessment relative to the scientific approach / Stephen Nkansa Buabeng -- 4. Farmer strategies of managing agrodiversity in a variable climate in PLEC demonstration sites in southern Ghana / Edward Ofori-Sarpong and Felix Asante -- 5. Demonstration sites and expert farmers in conservation of biodiversity / Edwin A. Gyasi -- 6. Management regimes in southern Ghana / Edwin A. Gyasi -- 7. Yams : traditional ways of managing their diversity for food security in southern Ghana / Essie T. Blay -- 8. Sustaining diversity of yams in northern Ghana / Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic and Bizoola Z. Gandaa -- 9. Conservation of indigenous rice varieties by women of Gore in the northern savanna zone, Ghana / Paul B. Tanzubil, Joseph S. Dittoh and Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic -- 10. Vegetables : traditional ways of managing their diversity for food security in southern Ghana / Essie T. Blay -- 11. The proka mulching and no-burn system : a case study of Tano-Odumasi and Jachie / Charles Quansah and William Oduro -- 12. Managing the home garden for food security and as a germplasm bank / Lewis Enu-Kwesi, Edwin A. Gyasi and Vincent V. Vordzogbe -- 13. Management of trees in association with crops in traditional agroforestry systems / John A. Poku -- 14. Preliminary observations on effects of traditional farming practices on growth and yield of crops / Leonard Asafo, Ebenezer Laing, Lewis Enu-Kwesi, and Vincent V. Vordzogbe -- 15. Effects of four indigenous trees canopy covers on soil fertility in a Ghanaian savanna / Charles Anane-Sakyi, AbubakariSadik Abdulai, and Saa Dittoh -- 16. Comparative management of the savanna woodland in Ghana and Guinea : a preliminary analysis / Lewis Enu-Kwesi, Vincent V. Vordzogbe, Diallo Amirou, and Diallo Daouda -- 17. Agrodiversity within and without conserved forests for enhancing rural livelihoods / Essie T. Blay, Benjamin D. Ofori, John Heloo, Joachim B. Ofori, and Emmanuel Nartey -- 18. Aspects of resource tenure that conserve biodiversity : the case of southern and northern ghana / Edwin A. Gyasi and William J. Asante -- 19. Resource access and distribution and the use of land in Tano-Odumasi, central Ghana / John A. Bakang, William Oduro, and Kwaku A. Nkyi -- 20. Women environmental pacesetters of jachie / Olivia Agbenyega and William Oduro -- 21. Lessons learnt and future research directions / Edwin A. Gyasi.
650		7	_aCULTIVATION SYSTEMS _2unbist
650		7	_aWEST AFRICA _2unbist
650		7	_aCASE STUDIES _2unbist
650		7	_aTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE _2unbist
650		7	_aRESOURCES CONSERVATION _2unbist
650		7	_aSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE _2unbist
650		7	_aBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY _2unbist
700	1		_aGyasi, Edwin A.,1943- _4edt
700	1		_aKranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana _4edt
700	1		_aBlay, Essie T. _4edt
700	1		_aOduro, William _4edt
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