Agrobiodiversity management for food security [ a critical review
This book aims to build on and extend the wealth of information presented in a previous book, Agrobiodiversity: Characterization, Utilization and Management (Wood and Lenn?, 1999), to show how agrobiodiversity can effectively and efficiently be managed or food security. Chapter 1 revisits the role o...
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| Language: | English |
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Wallingford,Oxfordshire, UK :
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2011/20113102107.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Agrobiodiversity revisited
- 2. Food security and agrobiodiversity management
- 3. Agrobiodiversity management and the development of agriculture
- 4. Crop introduction and agrobiodiversity management
- 5. Utilization of crop diversity for food ecurity
- 6. Impact of introduction of modern varieties on crop diversity
- 7. Transgenics can enhance crop-diversity - under certain circumstances
- 8. Management of crop-associated biodiversity above-ground
- 9. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the underground
- 10. Agrobiodiversity conservation policy: a "tragedy of errors"
- 11. Can the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) approach ensure future food security?
- 12. Agrobiodiversity management for climate change
- 13. Agricultural revolutions and their enemies: lessons for policy makers