Use and potential of wild plants in farm households

Use and potential

of wild plants

in farm households

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Preface

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

What are wild plants?

Wild plants and biodiversity

Chapter 2

WILD PLANTS IN VARIOUS FARMING SYSTEMS

Shifting cultivation

Agroforestry and home gardens

Pastoralism and agropastoralism

Mangrove swamps