The Governance of Agrobiodiversity
, 2019 Agrobiodiversity relates to humans and their environments. It is the result of interactions between humans and nature, and thus is simultaneously social and biological by nature. Without humans, agrobiodiversity would not exist. Seeds, as carriers of major agrobiodiversity components, are not mere material objects that exist outside of social relations:
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The social diffusion pathways of sorghum varieties and associated knowledge in the Mount Kenya region [PDF]
, 2014 Small-scale farming systems present a major interest for the conservation of crop diversity in situ. In these systems, farmers act on crop diversity through their management practices, mainly seed selection and exchange.
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Journal of the Selva Andina Biosphere, 2019 Aunque la Real Academia Española (RAE), en su diccionario, no incluye la definición del término agrobiodiversidad, este es un asunto que concierne a todos. La agrobiodiversidad o biodiversidad agrícola (BA) es la diversidad de los sistemas agrícolas, incluyendo desde los genes hasta variedades, especies, y desde las prácticas agrícolas hasta la ...
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Genetic resources sourcing strategies and behavior of scientists: results from an international survey on researchers' use and exchange practices [PDF]
, 2012 Adopted during the first International Congress of Ethnobiology (1988), the Belem Declaration acknowledged for the first time biologists' responsibility to better address the needs of indigenous and local populations and recommended compensating them for
Louafi, Selim, Welch, Eric W.
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF AGROBIODIVERSITY TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FAMILY FARMING IN COLOMBIA
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2020 Background. Family gardens represent spaces that promot the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity, generating welfare and sustainability conditions for rural communities. Objective.
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Agrobiodiversity and a sustainable food future
Nature Plants, 2017 The biodiversity of food plants is vital for humanity's capacity to meet sustainability challenges. This goal requires the rigorous integration of plant, environmental, social and health sciences. It is coalescing around four thematic cornerstones that are both interdisciplinary and policy relevant.
Zimmerer, Karl S., Haan, Stef de
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Gender, Local Knowledge, and Lessons Learnt in Documenting and Conserving Agrobiodiversity [PDF]
gender, biodiversity, agrobiodiversity, indigenous knowledge, conservation, sustainable management ...
Lambrou, Yianna, Laub, Regina
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Reducing risks and seizing opportunities: integrating biodiversity into food and agriculture investments [PDF]
, 2017 This booklet explains how using the Agrobiodiversity Index, companies and governments can reduce operational and reputational risks and seize opportunities, by estimating and monitoring the agrobiodiversity impact of supply chain investments.
Negra, C.
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Linking agrobiodiversity and culture through the adoption of agroforestry practices: The Agroforestry Indigenous Agents [PDF]
, 2020 Agroforestry is the result of a dialectical relationship between humans and the environment, capable of increasing agricultural biodiversity. In the Brazilian Amazon region, Agroforestry Indigenous Agents have been disseminating these practices through ...
Fajardo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Marcia
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