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Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security: a Critical Review
Jillian M. Lenne
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Description for Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security: a Critical Review
Hardback.
Agrobiodiversity provides most of our food through our interaction with crops and domestic animals. Future global food security is firmly anchored in sound, science-based management of agrobiodiversity. This book presents key concepts of agrobiodiversity management, critically reviewing important current and emerging issues including agricultural development, crop introduction, practical diversity in farming systems, impact of modern crop varieties and GM crops, conservation, climate change, food sovereignty and policies. It also addresses claims and misinformation in the subject based on sound scientific principles.
Agrobiodiversity provides most of our food through our interaction with crops and domestic animals. Future global food security is firmly anchored in sound, science-based management of agrobiodiversity. This book presents key concepts of agrobiodiversity management, critically reviewing important current and emerging issues including agricultural development, crop introduction, practical diversity in farming systems, impact of modern crop varieties and GM crops, conservation, climate change, food sovereignty and policies. It also addresses claims and misinformation in the subject based on sound scientific principles.
Product Details
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845937614
SKU
V9781845937614
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Ref
99-50
About Jillian M. Lenne
Jillian M. Lenn is a Consultant in Agricultural Research and Development, UK. David Wood is formerly Agrobiodiversity International, Milnthorpe, UK .
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