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Biotic factors such as pests create biodiversity effects that increase production risks and decrease land productivity when agriculture becomes more specialized. We show in a Ricardian two-country trade setup that production specialization is incomplete under free trade because of the decrease...
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through the recent introduction of open‐source seed licenses. Such licenses aim to safeguard agrobiodiversity, ensure long …) prevent the privatization of plant genetic resources, (2) contribute to the conservation and enhancement of agrobiodiversity …
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Food systems are under increasing pressure. They must meet the food requirements of a growing world population, and socio-economic changes also influence the type of foods which are under demand. At the same time, food systems are a major contributor to global environmental change, and...
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enhancement of agricultural biodiversity (agrobiodiversity) at the genetic, species and farm level could contribute to an … little information on how other elements of agrobiodiversity (e.g. selection of crop cultivars, species and rotations … agrobiodiversity. Less than ca. 15% of the ca. 1000 studies found provided relevant data that directly linked aspects of …
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A twofold challenge arises from the normative aim of environmental justice to the management of agricultural systems: (1) the improvement of food security and livelihood of the rural poor today; (2) the sustenance and enhancement of the long-term productivity and resilience of agricultural...
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