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Agrobiodiversity – the key to food security, climate adaptation and resilience
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| Author
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Dr. Christine Martins
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| Editor or Organisation
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giz / SV NAREN
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| Year
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2015
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| Keywords
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Animal Genetic Resources, International Agreements on Agrobiodiversity, Gender and Agrobiodiversity, Plant Genetic Resources
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| Country
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Deutschland
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| Type
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publication
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| Language
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English
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| Table of Contents
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1. Understanding agrobiodiversity
2. Agrobiodiversity - plant genetic resources
3. Agrobiodiversity - animal genetic resources
4. Internat. agreements on agrobiodiversity
5. Incentives for agrobiodiversity conservation
6. Adding value to agrobiodiversity
7. Agrobiodiversity for survival
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| Abstract
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What is agrobiodiversity?
Agricultural biodiversity includes all components of biological
diversity of relevance to food and agriculture, and all
components of biological diversity that constitute the agricultural
ecosystems: the variety and variability of animals,
plants and micro-organisms, at the genetic, species and ecosystem
levels, which are necessary to sustain key functions
of the agro-ecosystem. Agrobiodiversity is the outcome of
the interactions among genetic resources, the environment
and the management systems and practices used by farmers
and herders. It has developed over millennia, as a result of
both natural selection and human interventions.
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