Despite the dramatic increase in food production thanks to the Green Revolution, hunger is
increasing among human populations around the world, affecting one in nine people. The …

Germplasm is a valuable natural resource that provides knowledge about the genetic
composition of a species and is crucial for conserving plant diversity. Germplasm protection …

Awareness of the need for biodiversity conservation is now universally accepted, but most
often recent conservation activities have focused on wild species. Crop species and the …

The circulation of seed among farmers is central to agrobiodiversity conservation and
dynamics. Agrobiodiversity, the diversity of agricultural systems from genes to varieties and …

div Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important
to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a …

41 107/Junio 2014 pérdida de razas utilizadas secularmente (Bellon 2004, Barrera-Bassols
et al. 2009, Stromberg et al. 2010). Así, se ha documentado que el 75% de la diversidad …

Land-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary societies
are fundamental to livelihood improvement and adaptation to environmental change …

Traditional ecological knowledge enables pastoralists to cope with social-ecological
changes, thereby increasing the sustainability of their practices and fostering social …

The Asian beans and grams, the species of Vigna (subgenus Ceratotropis), include several
legumes that are an essential component in the diets of a large proportion of Asia's …

The use of plant genetic resources (PGR) in crop improvement, followed by adoption,
cultivation and consumption or marketing of the improved cultivars by farmers, is one of the …