Crop diversity underpins the productivity, resilience and adaptive capacity of agriculture.
Loss of this diversity, termed crop genetic erosion, is therefore concerning. While alarms …

Agricultural intensification with modern plant breeding focuses on few high-yielding crops
and varieties. The loss of traditional crop species and variety diversity contributes to the …

The loss of variation in crops due to the modernization of agriculture has been described as
genetic erosion. The current paper discusses the different views that exist on the concept of …

Discover neglected wild food sources—that can also be used as medicine! The long-
standing notion of “food as medicine, medicine as food,” can be traced back to Hippocrates …

To analyze the relationships between local livelihoods and vulnerability to food insecurity,
using a resilience approach, we interviewed 350 households from seven mixed-heritage …

We review 34 quantitative studies that have measured individual-level variations in
ethnobotanical knowledge, analyzing how those studies have conceptualized and …

Manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a plant originally from neotropical lowlands, can be
considered a model for the study of the biological and cultural construction of …

The conservation of crop genetic resources requires understanding the different variables—
cultural, social, and economic—that im**e on crop diversity. In small-scale farming …

A agricultura de corte e queima é praticada há milhares de anos nas áreas florestadas do
planeta, principalmente nas regiões tropicais. Sua prática envolve uma gama de técnicas …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present an approach aimed at facilitating nature
conservation that builds on the ecological and social synergies that exist in traditionally …