Agrobiodiversity : integrating knowledge for a sustainable future / edited by Karl S. Zimmerer and Stef de Haan.

Experts discuss the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and conservation, integrating disciplines that range from plant and biological sciences to economics and political science. Wide-ranging environmental phenomena -- including climate change, extreme weather events, and soil and water availabili...

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Other Authors: Zimmerer, Karl S. (Editor), Haan, Stef de (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
Series:Strüngmann Forum reports.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Integrating Agrobiodiversity Knowledge for a Sustainable Future; Evolutionary Ecology, Agroecology, Conservation, and Cultural Interactions; 2 Crop Evolutionary Agroecology; 3 How Does Population Genetics Contribute to an Understanding of the Evolution of Agrobiodiversity?; 4 Crop and Varietal Diversity Impacts on Agroecosystem Function and Resilience; 5 Spatial Analysis for Crop Genetic Resources Conservation; Global Change and Socioecological Interactions; 6 Socioecological Interactions amid Global Change
  • 7 How Do Climate and Agrobiodiversity Interact?8 How Do Global Demographic and Spatial Changes Interact with Agrobiodiversity?; From Food and Human Diets to Nutrition, Health, and Disease; 9 Agrobiodiversity and Feeding the World; 10 Agricultural Biodiversity and Diets; 11 Exploring Pathways to Link Agrobiodiversity and Human Health; Governance, Including Policy, Cultural, and Economic Frameworks; 12 Indigenous Agrobiodiversity and Governance; 13 Seeding Relations; 14 The Governance of Agrobiodiversity; 15 How Have Markets Affected the Governance of Agrobiodiversity?; Bibliography