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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020 Background Home gardens (HGs) are hotspots of in situ agrobiodiversity conservation. We conducted a case study in Tabasco, México, on HG owners’ knowledge of HG ecological, economical and socio-cultural multifunctionality and how it relates to ...
Teresita Avilez-López +3 more
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Fruitful exchanges: social networks and food resources amidst change
Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 Background The Amazon region of Brazil is known both for its significant biological and cultural diversity. It is also a region, like many parts of the country, marked by food insecurity, even amongst its rural agricultural populations.
Sam Schramski +1 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 One of the most serious pepper diseases is Phytophthora blight, which is caused by Phytophthora capsici. It is crucial to assess the resistance of pepper genetic resources to Phytophthora blight, understand the genetic resistances, and develop markers ...
Nayoung Ro +11 more
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Past, present and future of local crop evolution
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales +6 more
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Strategies to valorise agrobiodiversity [PDF]
, 2018 The current food value chain is characterised by a highly standardised offer produced in an increasingly monotonous agricultural system. In parallel, there is a growing interest among consumers for traditional or regional crop varieties. The conservation
Förtser, I. +3 more
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Towards resilience through systems-based plant breeding. A review [PDF]
, 2018 How the growing world population can feed itself is a crucial, multi-dimensional problem that goes beyond sustainable development. Crop production will be affected by many changes in its climatic, agronomic, economic, and societal contexts.
Eekeren, Nick van +3 more
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Evaluation of Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in Tomato Genetic Resources at Seedling Stage
The Plant Pathology Journal, 2016 Bacterial wilt of tomatoes caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a devastating disease that limits the production of tomato in Korea. The best way to control this disease is using genetically resistant tomato plant. The resistance degree to R. solanacearum
Sang Gyu Kim +8 more
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Cannabis Agritourism and Local Pathways Toward Sustainable Development Goals in Northern California
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent acceleration in global cannabis legalization offers a new context for examining the multiscale links between agritourism, sustainability, and international policy frameworks. In this study, Responsible Tourism is used to conceptualize cannabis agritourism in Northern California's Emerald Triangle as a strategy that may advance targets ...
Susan Dupej +2 more
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Adaptation to Climate Change and the Role of Agrobiodiversity [PDF]
, 2007 The world’s biological diversity is eroding. This concerns in particular the entire agri-cultural diversity of genes, species and their agrarian ecosystems, the resource base for food. With species becoming extinct, mankind is jeopardised.
Kotschi, Johannes
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Accompanying farmers in the building of collective rules for agrobiodiversity management [PDF]
, 2007 This research aims at accompanying farmers in building a durable collective management of their subsidence cereals varietal diversity. Varietal diversity dynamics are driven by farmers' individual choices and strategies on the one hand, and by the seed ...
Abrami, Géraldine +5 more
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