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Agriculture, biodiversity and markets livelihoods and agroecology in comparative perspective /

"Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lockie, Stewart., Carpenter, David.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; Washington : Earthscan, 2010.
Subjects:
Agrobiodiversity.
Agrobiodiversity conservation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Agribusiness. > Industries
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Sustainable Agriculture. > Agriculture
Electronic books.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Agriculture, biodiversity and markets / Stewart Lockie and David Carpenter
  • The ecological role and enhancement of biodiversity in agroecosystems / Miguel Altieri and Paul Rogé
  • The human ecology of agrobiodiversity / David Dumaresq, David Carpenter and Stewart Lockie
  • Multilateral and national regulatory regimes for agrobiodiversity / Gerald Moore
  • Plant breeders' rights and on-farm seed-saving / C.S. Srinivasan
  • International biosecurity frameworks to protect biodiversity with emphasis on science and risk assessment / Robert Black and Irina Kireeva
  • Complementarity in the conservation of traditional and modern rice genetic resources on the Philippine island of Bohol / David Carpenter
  • The contribution of biodiversity to modern intensive farming systems / Amani Omer, Unai Pascual and Noel Russell
  • Genetic erosion and degradation of ecosystem services of wetland rice fields : a case study from Western Ghats, India / Nadesapanicker Anil Kumar, Girigan Gopi and Parameswaran Prajeesh
  • Environmental certification : standardization for diversity / Tad Mutersbaugh and Dan Klooster
  • Challenges of global environmental governance by non-state actors in the coffee industry : insights from India, Indonesia and Vietnam / Jeff Neilson ... [et al.]
  • Geographical indications and biodiversity / Erik Thévenod-Mottet
  • Value chain coordination for agrobiodiversity conservation / Jon Hellen, Sophie Higman and Alder Keleman
  • Paying for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes / Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey C. Milder and Seth Shames
  • Targeting payments for ecological services / Edward Stone and JunJie Wu
  • The 'green box' : multifunctionality and biodiversity conservation in Europe / Rosemarie Siebert
  • Market instruments and collective obligations for on-farm biodiversity conservation / Stewart Lockie and Rebeka Tennent
  • Agrobiodiversity and sustainable farm livelihoods : policy implications and imperatives / Stewart Lockie and David Carpenter.

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