Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity – serie
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34 produkter
Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition
A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems
Av Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2576 kr
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This book examines the challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services in addressing these problems.There is a strong need for a multi-level, cross-sectoral approach that connects food biodiversity …
Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition
A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems
Av Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
664 kr
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This book examines the challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services in addressing these problems.There is a strong need for a multi-level, cross-sectoral approach that connects food biodiversity …
Agrobiodiversity, School Gardens and Healthy Diets
Promoting Biodiversity, Food and Sustainable Nutrition
Av Danny Hunter, Emilita Monville-Oro m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2501 kr
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This book critically assesses the role of agrobiodiversity in school gardens and its contribution to diversifying diets, promoting healthy eating habits and improving nutrition among schoolchildren as well as other benefits relating to climate change adaptation, ecoliteracy and greening school …
Agrobiodiversity, School Gardens and Healthy Diets
Promoting Biodiversity, Food and Sustainable Nutrition
Av Danny Hunter, Emilita Monville-Oro m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
769 kr
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This book critically assesses the role of agrobiodiversity in school gardens and its contribution to diversifying diets, promoting healthy eating habits and improving nutrition among schoolchildren as well as other benefits relating to climate change adaptation, ecoliteracy and greening school …
Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity
Good practices for in situ and on-farm conservation
Av Bhuwon Sthapit, Hugo Lamers m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
746 kr
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Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case study …
Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
Promoting Neglected and Underutilized Species
Av Stefano Padulosi, E.D. Israel Oliver King m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2501 kr
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Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS). The book is structured into six parts, covering the following themes: introduction to …
Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
Promoting Neglected and Underutilized Species
Av Stefano Padulosi, E.D. Israel Oliver King m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
616 kr
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Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS). The book is structured into six parts, covering the following themes: introduction to …
Community Biodiversity Management
Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources
Av Walter Simon de Boef, Abishkar Subedi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2501 kr
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The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as community biodiversity management (CBM) has been developed by …
Community Biodiversity Management
Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources
Av Walter Simon de Boef, Abishkar Subedi m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1007 kr
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The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as community biodiversity management (CBM) has been developed by …
Community Seed Banks
Origins, Evolution and Prospects
Av Ronnie Vernooy, Pitambar Shrestha m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
2501 kr
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Community seed banks first appeared towards the end of the 1980s, established with the support of international and national non-governmental organizations. This book is the first to provide a global review of their development and includes a wide range of case studies. Countries that pioneered …
Community Seed Banks
Origins, Evolution and Prospects
Av Ronnie Vernooy, Pitambar Shrestha m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
790 kr
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Community seed banks first appeared towards the end of the 1980s, established with the support of international and national non-governmental organizations. This book is the first to provide a global review of their development and includes a wide range of case studies. Countries that pioneered …
Farmers and Plant Breeding
Current Approaches and Perspectives
Av Ola Tveitereid Westengen, Tone Winge
Häftad, 2021
688 kr
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This book presents the history of, and current approaches to, farmer-breeder collaboration in plant breeding, situating this work in the context of sustainable food systems, as well as national and international policy and law regimes.Plant breeding is essential to food production, climate-change …
Family Farms and the Conservation of Agrobiodiversity in Cuba
Food Security and Nature
Av Urbano Fra Paleo, Leonor Castiñeiras
Häftad, 2024
651 kr
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This highly original volume investigates and documents the complex interactions between small family farms and Man and Biosphere Reserves in Cuba. Covering over two decades of research in agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Cuba, this book provides a unique case study about sustainable …
Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons
Challenges in International Law and Governance
Av Michael Halewood, Isabel Lopez Noriega m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
1131 kr
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Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation – improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials – since the earliest plant domestications. Relatively open flows of plant germplasm attended the early spread of agriculture; they continued in the wake of (and were …
Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons
Challenges in International Law and Governance
Av Michael Halewood, Isabel Lopez Noriega m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
1131 kr
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Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation – improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials – since the earliest plant domestications. Relatively open flows of plant germplasm attended the early spread of agriculture; they continued in the wake of (and were …
Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security
Stakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Av Christine Frison, Francisco Lopez m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
892 kr
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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the …
Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security
Stakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Av Christine Frison, Francisco Lopez m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
892 kr
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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the …
Crop Wild Relatives
A Manual of in situ Conservation
Av Danny Hunter, Vernon Heywood
E-bok, 2012
935 kr
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Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better adapted varieties of crops that are resistant to stress, disease, drought and other factors. …
Crop Wild Relatives
A Manual of in situ Conservation
Av Danny Hunter, Vernon Heywood
E-bok, 2012
935 kr
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Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better adapted varieties of crops that are resistant to stress, disease, drought and other factors. …
Farmers and Plant Breeding
Current Approaches and Perspectives
Av Ola Tveitereid Westengen, Tone Winge
Inbunden, 2019
2501 kr
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This book presents the history of, and current approaches to, farmer-breeder collaboration in plant breeding, situating this work in the context of sustainable food systems, as well as national and international policy and law regimes.Plant breeding is essential to food production, climate-change …
Family Farms and the Conservation of Agrobiodiversity in Cuba
Food Security and Nature
Av Urbano Fra Paleo, Leonor Castiñeiras
Inbunden, 2023
2501 kr
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This highly original volume investigates and documents the complex interactions between small family farms and Man and Biosphere Reserves in Cuba. Covering over two decades of research in agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Cuba, this book provides a unique case study about sustainable …
Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity
Good practices for in situ and on-farm conservation
Av Bhuwon Sthapit, Hugo Lamers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2733 kr
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Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case study …
Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights
Challenges in Taxonomy and Law
Inbunden, 2016
2301 kr
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Over the last 50 years there has been a growing appreciation of the important role that farmers play in the development and conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security. This book examines policies that aim to increase …
Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights
Challenges in Taxonomy and Law
Häftad, 2016
940 kr
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Over the last 50 years there has been a growing appreciation of the important role that farmers play in the development and conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security. This book examines policies that aim to increase …
Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons
Challenges in International Law and Governance
Av Michael Halewood, Isabel Lopez Noriega m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2301 kr
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Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation – improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials – since the earliest plant domestications. Relatively open flows of plant germplasm attended the early spread of agriculture; they continued in the wake of (and were …
Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons
Challenges in International Law and Governance
Av Michael Halewood, Isabel Lopez Noriega m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
954 kr
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Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation – improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials – since the earliest plant domestications. Relatively open flows of plant germplasm attended the early spread of agriculture; they continued in the wake of (and were …
Crop Wild Relatives
A Manual of in situ Conservation
Av Danny Hunter, Vernon Heywood
Inbunden, 2010
3129 kr
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Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better adapted varieties of crops that are resistant to stress, disease, drought and other factors. …
Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security
Stakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Av Christine Frison, Francisco Lopez m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2514 kr
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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the …
Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security
Stakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Av Christine Frison, Francisco Lopez m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
754 kr
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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the …
Economics of Managing Crop Diversity On-farm
Case studies from the Genetic Resources Policy Initiative
Av Edilegnaw Wale, Adam G. Drucker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2466 kr
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The purpose of this book is to assess a variety of economic issues as they relate to agro-biodiversity and show how addressing these issues can assist in agro-biodiversity policy-making. This is illustrated using empirical data from some of the countries (Ethiopia, Nepal and Zambia) which are part …
