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Record Nr.

UNINA9910533268503321

Titolo

Agrobiodiversity management for food security : a critical review / / J. M. Lenne and D. Wood [editors]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2011

ISBN

1-283-06647-5

9786613066473

1-84593-779-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LenneJillian M

WoodD <1939-> (David)

Disciplina

631.5/8

Soggetti

Agrobiodiversity

Food security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Agrobiodiversity Revisited; 2. Food Security and Agrobiodiversity Management; 3. Agrobiodiversity Management and the Origins of Agriculture; 4. Crop Introduction and Agrobiodiversity Management; 5. Utilization of Crop Diversity for Food Security; 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 Below-ground

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; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Agrobiodiversity provides most of our food through our interaction with crops and domestic animals. Future global food security is firmly anchored in sound, science-based management of agrobiodiversity. This book presents key concepts of agrobiodiversity management,



critically reviewing important current and emerging issues including agricultural development, crop introduction, practical diversity in farming systems, impact of modern crop varieties and GM crops, conservation, climate change, food sovereignty and policies. It also addresses claims and misinformation in the subject based on soun