Name: Farmers' Bounty: Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) (en Inglés)
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Author: Stephen B. Brush
ISBN: 9780300207552

portada Farmers' Bounty: Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Yale University Press

Autor

Stephen B. Brush

Año

2014

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

348

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780300207552

Categorías

Biodiversidad

Farmers' Bounty: Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) (en Inglés)

Stephen B. Brush (Autor) · Yale University Press · Tapa Blanda

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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 sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources.