Agrobiodiversity
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Agrobiodiversity
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Author : Karl S. Zimmerer
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2019-04-30
Agrobiodiversity written by Karl S. Zimmerer and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with Science categories.
Experts discuss the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and conservation, integrating disciplines that range from plant and biological sciences to economics and political science. Wide-ranging environmental phenomena—including climate change, extreme weather events, and soil and water availability—combine with such socioeconomic factors as food policies, dietary preferences, and market forces to affect agriculture and food production systems on local, national, and global scales. The increasing simplification of food systems, the continuing decline of plant species, and the ongoing spread of pests and disease threaten biodiversity in agriculture as well as the sustainability of food resources. Complicating the situation further, the multiple systems involved—cultural, economic, environmental, institutional, and technological—are driven by human decision making, which is inevitably informed by diverse knowledge systems. The interactions and linkages that emerge necessitate an integrated assessment if we are to make progress toward sustainable agriculture and food systems. This volume in the Strüngmann Forum Reports series offers insights into the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and sustainability and proposes an integrative framework to guide future research, scholarship, policy, and practice. The contributors offer perspectives from a range of disciplines, including plant and biological sciences, food systems and nutrition, ecology, economics, plant and animal breeding, anthropology, political science, geography, law, and sociology. Topics covered include evolutionary ecology, food and human health, the governance of agrobiodiversity, and the interactions between agrobiodiversity and climate and demographic change.
Cultivating Diversity
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Author : Lori Ann Thrupp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Cultivating Diversity written by Lori Ann Thrupp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Nature categories.
Biodiversity is a fundamental basis for agricultural production and food security, as well as a valuable ingredient of environmental conservations. This report reveals the urgent need for action to incorporate biodiversity planning into agricultural development, and its highlights effective practices and policies.
Agrobiodiversity Conservation
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Author : Nigel Maxted
language : en
Publisher: CABI
Release Date : 2012
Agrobiodiversity Conservation written by Nigel Maxted and has been published by CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Nature categories.
Based on the 2010 conference "Towards the establishment of genetic reserves for crop wild relatives and landraces in Europe", this book is the cutting edge discussion of agrobiodiversity conservation. By considering the benefits of understanding and preserving crop wild relatives and landraces, it encompasses issues as wide-ranging and topical as habitat protection, ecosystem health and food security. Focusing on Europe, but globally relevant, Agrobiodiversity Conservation is ideal for postgraduate students of conservation and environmental studies, conservation professionals, policy makers and researchers.
Agrobiodiversity
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Author : David Wood
language : en
Publisher: Cab International
Release Date : 1999
Agrobiodiversity written by David Wood and has been published by Cab International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.
Why agrobiodiversity?; The origins of agrobiodiversity in agriculture; The nature and role of crop biodiversity; Biodiversity in domesticated animals; The regulation and functional significance of soil biodiversity in sgroecosystems; Pathogen biodiversity: its nature, characterization and consequences; Insect biodiversity in agroecosystems: function, value and optimization: Determinants of agrobiodiversity in the agricultural landscape; Traditional management of agrobiodiversity; Does mplant breeding lead to a loss of genetic diversity?; The effects of pest management strategies on biodiversity in agroecosystems; The effects of alternative tillage systems on biodiversity in agroecosystems; Seed management systems and effects on diversity; Conservation of agrobiodiversity; A conceptual framework for valuing on-farm genetic resources; Regulatory issues; Agrtobiodiversity and natural biodiversity: some parallels; Optimizing biodiversity for productive agriculture.
Agrobiodiversity Conservation
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Author : João Carlos da Silva Dias
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-06
Agrobiodiversity Conservation written by João Carlos da Silva Dias and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06 with categories.
Biodiversity is at risk everywhere; overexploitation and economic greed threaten its sustainable use by humankind, so putting the basic resources needed for the survival of future generations at risk. Agricultural biodiversity includes all components of biological diversity of relevance to food and agriculture, and all components of biological diversity that constitute the agricultural ecosystems: the variety and variability of animals, plants and micro-organisms, at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels, which are necessary to sustain key functions of the agro-ecosystem. Biological diversity provides an energetic platform for different agricultural practices and advancements in plant and animal breeding. These in turn are dependent on in-depth research into biodiversity and its environmental context. This book "Agrobiodiversity Conservation" presents state of the art of current developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses its attention on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development. This looks into the role of agrobiodiversity conservation for food security in the face of climate change. The decline in genetic diversity has affected agricultural crops, forestry plants, livestock, fish, microorganisms and other small life forms, albeit to differing degrees. It comprehends the variety and variability of animals, plants and micro-organisms which are necessary to sustain key functions of the agro-ecosystem, its structure and processes for, and in support of, food production and food security. It identifies agrobiodiversity as a key public good that delivers necessary services for human wellbeing. It demonstrates that the public values provided by agrobiodiversity conservation need to be demonstrated and captured; provides an economic perspective of this challenge and highlight ways of capturing at least a subset of the public values of agrobiodiversity to help adapt to and reduce the vulnerability of subsistence based economies to climate change.
Agrobiodiversity And Farmers Rights
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Author : Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
language : en
Publisher: Konark Publishers Pvt, Limited
Release Date : 1996
Agrobiodiversity And Farmers Rights written by Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan and has been published by Konark Publishers Pvt, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Agriculture categories.
Proceedings of a technical consultation organized by M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Madras, India, from January 15-18, 1996.
Agrobiodiversity A Training Manual For Farmer Groups In East Africa
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Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 2018-06-26
Agrobiodiversity A Training Manual For Farmer Groups In East Africa written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-26 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Farmers play a crucial role in the preservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity. In fact, the diversity of species that support our current agricultural production systems has been carefully managed and shaped by farming communities, over the course of the history of humankind. Farmers act as custodian of the Earth’s agrobiodiversity resources, and play a big part in preserving traditional plant and animal varieties, and the knowledge associated with these. FAO has long been working on promoting approaches to agriculture that enable both the sustainable use of biodiversity resources for food and agriculture, and their conservation, and on supporting farmers to make informed decisions on their farm management and production practices. This training manual fits in this broader commitment, to support a shift towards a paradigm of agricultural production that can sustain food and nutrition security while at the same time cause the least harm to natural ecosystems. The manual is intended as an introduction to agricultural biodiversity, and to its relevance to different aspects of agricultural production and management for smallholder farmers in Kenya. It includes eight different training modules, each covering a specific aspect related to agrobiodiversity. The modules are standalone and can be used independently one from the other, depending on the user’s or project’s aim. The materials were originally prepared within the FAO- Netherlands Partnership Programme (FNPP) and have been updated, revised and published under the second phase of the European Union-funded project “Capacity-building related to multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries”.
Agrobiodiversity And The Law
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Author : Juliana Santilli
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-03-15
Agrobiodiversity And The Law written by Juliana Santilli and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with Science categories.
A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security. Loss of agricultural biodiversity increases the risk of relying on a limited number of staple food crops. However, many laws, such as seed laws, plant varieties protection and access and benefit-sharing laws, have direct impacts on agrobiodiversity, and their effects have been severely underestimated by policy-makers. This is of concern not only to lawyers, but also to agronomists, biologists, and social scientists, all of whom need clear guidance as to the relevance of the law to their work. This book analyzes the impact of the legal system on agrobiodiversity (or agricultural biodiversity) – the diversity of agricultural species, varieties, and ecosystems. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it takes up the emerging concept of agrobiodiversity and its relationship with food security, nutrition, health, environmental sustainability, and climate change. It assesses the impacts on agrobiodiversity of key legal instruments, including seeds laws, the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, plant breeders’ rights, the Convention on Biological Diversity (regarding specifically its impact on agrobiodiversity), and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. It also reviews the options for the implementation of these instruments at the national level in several countries. It discusses the interfaces between the free software movement, the ‘commons’ movement, and seeds, as well as the legal instruments to protect cultural heritage and their application to safeguard agrobiodiversity-rich systems. Finally, it analyzes the role of protected areas and the possibility of using geographical indications to enhance the value of agrobiodiversity products and processes.
Managing Agrobiodiversity
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Author : Bhuwan Sthapit
language : en
Publisher: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Release Date : 1998
Managing Agrobiodiversity written by Bhuwan Sthapit and has been published by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Nature categories.
Home Gardens Agrobiodiversity
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Author : Eyzaguirre Pb
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian
Release Date : 2004-05-17
Home Gardens Agrobiodiversity written by Eyzaguirre Pb and has been published by Smithsonian this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-17 with Science categories.
Explores the diverse ways home gardens contribute to agricultural biodiversity Focusing on peoples throughout the tropical world, and including case studies from Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Venezuela, and Vietnam, Home Gardens and Agrobiodiversity explains the ways both rural and urban households manage homegarden diversity in ways that enable them to cope with change and adapt their crops to new situations.