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Biological control of fruit flies in Hawaii: Factors affecting non-target risk analysis

Duan, Jian; Messing, Russell - In: Agriculture and Human Values 14 (1997) 3, pp. 227-236

The potential negative impacts of biological pest control on non-target species have become the focus of a contentious debate. In this article, we use examples from both classical and augmentative biological control of fruit fly pests in Hawaii to address several important factors in assessing...

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Food security and biodiversity: can we have both? An agroecological analysis

Chappell, Michael; LaValle, Liliana - In: Agriculture and Human Values 28 (2011) 1, pp. 3-26

We present an extensive literature review exploring the relationships between food insecurity and rapid biodiversity … poses to biodiversity, the goals of providing universal food security and protecting biodiversity seem incompatible … in doing so methodically undermines the capacity of agroecosystems to preserve biodiversity. However, the available …

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Alternatives, traditions, and diversity in agriculture

Peterson, Anna - In: Agriculture and Human Values 17 (2000) 1, pp. 95-106

This review essay examines several recentbooks about agriculture, including two books on thelinks between cultural and biological diversity intraditional agriculture, two books on the US farmcrisis, and a collected volume examining globalaspects of agricultural restructuring andsustainability....

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Natural hazards and genetic diversity in rice

Morin, Stephen; Calibo, Marlon; Garcia-Belen, Marilyn; … - In: Agriculture and Human Values 19 (2002) 2, pp. 133-149

Rice crop diversity hasdecreased dramatically in the recent past.Understanding the causes that underlie theevident genetic erosion is critical for thefood security of subsistence rice farmers andbiodiversity. Our study shows that farmers inthe northeastern Philippines had a markedreduction in...

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Gender, rural households, and biodiversity in native Mexico

Cabrera, Isidro; Martelo, Emma; García, Verónica - In: Agriculture and Human Values 18 (2001) 1, pp. 85-93

nature in particular ways and they play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity. This paper discusses the relationship …

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Herbicide resistance: Promises and prospects of biodiversity for European agriculture

Schütte, Gesine - In: Agriculture and Human Values 20 (2003) 3, pp. 217-230

additionalagricultural vegetation surveys make itpossible to compare biodiversity effects ofdifferent strategies. A description of theamounts …

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Division of labor and resource management in eastern Pará, Brazil

Ximenes, Tereza - In: Agriculture and Human Values 18 (2001) 1, pp. 49-56

Peasants of the northeastern Pará cultivate cassava (manioc esculenta) using shifting cultivation. This paper discusses some factors in support of cassava production, even though it has some negative environmental impacts. These factors are the importance of cassava in the region's history,...

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Agriculture and biodiversity: Finding our place in this world

Lockwood, Jeffrey - In: Agriculture and Human Values 16 (1999) 4, pp. 365-379

Agriculture has been recently viewed as the primary destructive force of biodiversity, but the places that produce our … positions. First, it is argued that to value and thereby preserve and restore biodiversity we must begin by employing … anthropocentric ethics. While changing our understanding of intrinsic values (i.e., the unconditional values of biodiversity as a …

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From colonization to “environmental soy”: A case study of environmental and socio-economic valuation in the Amazon soy frontier

Steward, Corrina - In: Agriculture and Human Values 24 (2007) 1, pp. 107-122

This paper examines the socio-economic and environmental implications of soy development in Santarém, Pará, located in the Brazilian Amazon. The settlement history of the region contributes directly to the way in which soy agriculture is currently proceeding in Santarém. Government policies...

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The significance of enset culture and biodiversity for rural household food and livelihood security in southwestern Ethiopia

Negash, Almaz; Niehof, Anke - In: Agriculture and Human Values 21 (2004) 1, pp. 61-71

second deals with the issue ofbiodiversity in enset cultivation. What roledoes biodiversity play in food and …

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