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 Lenň, 1999), to show how agrobiodiversity can effectively and efficiently be managed for food security. Chapter 1 revisits the role...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lenné, Jillian M., Wood, D. (David), 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2011.
Colección:CAB books.
Temas:
Agrobiodiversity.
Food security.
Biodiversité agricole.
Sécurité alimentaire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Plants.
Agricultural policy.
Biodiversity.
Climatic change.
Environmental policy.
Food crops.
Genetically engineered organisms.
Improved varieties.
Management.
Plant genetic resources.
Transgenic plants.
Agrobiodiversity
Food security
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Agrobiodiversity revisited / J.M. Lenné and D. Wood
  • Food security and agrobiodiversity management / J.M. Lenné
  • Agrobiodiversity management and the development of agriculture / D. Wood
  • Crop introduction and agrobiodiversity management / D. Wood and J.M. Lenné
  • Utilization of crop diversity for food security / J.M. Lenné and D. Wood
  • Impact of introduction of modern varieties on crop diversity / J.R. Witcombe, K.D. Joshi, D.S. Virk and B.R. Sthapit
  • Transgenics can enhance crop-diversity
  • under certain circumstances / Jonathan Gressel
  • Management of crop-associated biodiversity above-ground / J.M. Lenné
  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the underground / Thomas W. Kuyper and Kenneth E. Giller
  • Agrobiodiversity conservation policy: a "tragedy of errors" / D. Wood and J.M. Lenné
  • Can the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) approach ensure future food security? / D. Wood and J.M. Lenné
  • Agrobiodiversity management for climate change / Rodomiro Ortiz
  • Agricultural revolutions and their enemies: lessons for policy makers / J.M. Lenné and D. Wood.

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