Collective action for small-scale producers of agricultural biodiversity products: [PDF]
"The role of well-functioning markets for development is now widely recognized, however the challenge remains to make these markets benefit the poor and the environment.
Giuliani, Alessandra +2 more
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Mountain Agrobiodiversity in Peru
Mountain Research and Development, 2000 Abstract Conservation of agricultural biodiversity has become an important paradigm in efforts to promote sustainable development throughout the world. This is especially the case in Andean countries, where ex situ conservation of crops has been a focus of attention since the 1970s.
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Enhancing the function and provisioning of ecosystem services in agriculture: Agroecological principles [PDF]
, 2015 Agroecology is essentially based on the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural production, and thus represents a true rupture from the way agriculture has been seen and analysed by mainstream science for over a century.
Hainzelin, Etienne
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Combining revealed and stated preference methods to assess the private value of agrobiodiversity in Hungarian home gardens: [PDF]
" Hungarian home gardens are small-scale farms managed by farm households using traditional management practices and family labor. They generate private benefits for farmers by enhancing diet quality and providing food when costs of transacting in local ...
Birol, Ekin +2 more
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Context and semantics in exchange networks [PDF]
, 2012 The NETSEED project deals with strengthening management of agro-biodiversity through social networks using an interdisciplinary method for analyzing how local seed systems impact the diversity of domesticated plants.
Clouvel, Pascal, Martin, Pierre
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HIV and orientation of subsistence and commercial home gardens in rural Ghana: Crop composition, crop diversity and food security [PDF]
, 2010 An empirical study was conducted to explore differences and similarities in biodiversity in subsistence and commercial home gardens of HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural households in the Eastern Region of Ghana and their significance in household food ...
Akrofi, S., Price, L.L., Struik, P.C.
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Multifunctional agriculture: The effect of non-public goods on socially optimal policies [PDF]
, 2005 We develop a general framework for multifunctional agriculture, which includes not only public goods but also rural viability as a non-public good item. We contribute to the literaure in two ways.
Lankoski, Jussi, Ollikainen, Markku
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Spatial Externalities in Agriculture: Empirical Analysis, Statistical Identification, and Policy Implications [PDF]
Spatial externalities can affect economic welfare and landscape pattern by linking farm returns on adjoining parcels of land. While policy can be informed by research that documents spatial externalities, statistically quantifying the presence of ...
Barham, Bradford L. +2 more
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Agro forestry systems and food security among smallholder farmers of the Brazilian Amazon: A strategy for environmental global crisis [PDF]
, 2008 The Amazon is known for its environmental importance for the climatic equilibrium, for its abundance and richness in biodiversity and its preservation is important to reduce global heating. Nevertheless, little research has analysed the possible positive
Abreu, Dr. Santiago de Lucimar +1 more
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AgronomyThe genus Hordeum (barley) represents an essential group within the Poaceae family, comprising diverse species with significant ecological and economic importance.
Nayoung Ro +8 more
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