Agroforestry Extension Resources

Resources A070-079

A070 The Hidden Harvest: Wild Foods and Agricultural Systems

A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography

Ian Scoones, Mary Melnyk and Jules N. Pretty. 1992, IIED 260pp, ISBN 0 905347 93 5. US$31.50/£20.95

This is a literature review and annotated bibliography of nearly 1,000 references. It is organised into eleven thematic sections, each containing review essays and annotated references. Extensive referencing refers to numbered entries in the bibliography, and there are three different indices.

There is a summarised version available in the Overstory series (see A019 )

• Available from: http://www.iied.org/sarl/pubs/hidharvest.html

CONTENTS:

The themes cover:

1. Wild foods in agricultural systems;
2. Swidden agriculture and foraging in tropical forest systems;
3. The hidden harvest in pastoral production systems;
4. Wildlife utilisation;
5. Wild foods and food security;
6. The nutritional value of wild foods;
7. Tenure and local institutions for wild food resource management;
8. Socially differentiated use of wild foods;
9. The economic value of wild foods;
10. Biodiversity and the future of agriculture;
11. Non-timber forest products.