Evidence that subsistence farmers have domesticated indigenous fruits (Dacryodes edulis and Irvingia gabonensis) in Cameroon and Nigeria

By R. Leakey, Z. Tchoundjeu, Rognvald I. Smith, R. Munro, J. Fondoun, J. Kengue, P. Anegbeh, A. Atangana, A. Waruhiu, E. Asaah and 2 more. Agroforestry Systems, 2004

111 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science, Forestry

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Z. Tchoundjeu
2. S. Shackleton
3. C. Shackleton
4. R. Leakey
5. K. Schreckenberg
6. C. Clement
7. Mallika Sardeshpande
8. O. Gaoue

In Forestry

1. S. Shackleton
2. C. Shackleton
3. K. Schreckenberg
4. Z. Tchoundjeu
5. R. Leakey
6. O. Gaoue
7. T. Ticktin

Citations in the corpus

• Commercialisation of non-timber forest products: A reality check (2007, unknown): “Through selection of preferred traits, farmers in the region have improved the fruit and kernel size of Dacryodes edulis and Irvingia gabonensis trees respectively, apparently without jeopardising intra-specific diversity (Leakey et al., 2004).”
• Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): Targeting Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Livelihoods (2005, background): “For example, the range of fruit sizes in on-farm populations of D. edulis and I. gabonensis has been increased by the early stages of domestication (Leakey et al., 2004).”
• Managing genetic variation in tropical trees: linking knowledge with action in agroforestry ecosystems for improved conservation and enhanced livelihoods (2009, background): “traits over many years, leading to a mixture of selected and unselected phenotypes being present in the agricultural landscape (Leakey et al. 2004).”
• Tree Biodiversity, Land Dynamics and Farmers’ Strategies on the Agricultural Frontier of Southwestern Burkina Faso (2006, unknown): “The protected trees in farmland are actually trees which have undergone a long traditional selection process (Leakey et al. 2004).”
• The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops (2014, background): “, seed are discarded from the fruit of superior, collected trees in locations suitable for germination and establishment) (Leakey et al., 2004).”
• Wild Edible Fruits: A Systematic Review of an Under-Researched Multifunctional NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Product) (2019, background): “Examples include articles referring to ‘indigenous’ or ‘exotic’ fruits [51,52], those using only common or scientific fruit names [53–55], and those that refer to a range of products of which fruits are a subset [56,57].”
• Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp caffra)in South Africa and Namibia: 1. Phenotypic variation in fruit traits (2005, methodology): “The very considerable tree-to-tree variation in nut and kernel characteristics in marula mirror those found in the fruit traits Leakey et al., 2004b and are consistent with results on nut and kernel traits from other indigenous fruit trees, such as Irvingia gabonensis Atangana et al. 2001, 2002;…”
• DOMESTICATING INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO POVERTY REDUCTION (2006, background): “Farmers in southeastern Nigeria have achieved similar successes with Irvingia gabonensis fruits, which are 44% larger on farm trees than on forest trees (Leakey et al. 2004).”