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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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rates. Higher agrobiodiversity in the homegarden contributes to improving the nutritional status of farm households. Farm …. The reallocation of labor may result in change in agrobiodiversity. Sharecropping is often used to alleviate labor … shortage in agricultural production. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the implications of HIV/AIDS on agrobiodiversity …
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agrobiodiversity, on technical change and productivity in intensive agricultural systems. A theoretical model is used to derive … panel of UK cereal farms for the period 1989-2000. The results suggest that the increased agrobiodiversity has positively …
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environmental impacts, particularly with relation to agrobiodiversity and use of agrochemicals seem not to be a concern. Mechanisms …
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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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role of agrobiodiversity conservation for food security in the face of climate change. It identifies agrobiodiversity as a … agrobiodiversity conservation need to be demonstrated and captured. We offer an economic perspective of this challenge and highlight … ways of capturing at least a subset of the public values of agrobiodiversity to help adapt to and reduce the vulnerability …
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This paper addresses the relevance of agricultural seed systems in terms of the production and dissemination of seed in the context of adaptation to climate change. Using nationwide household level data from Malawi, we examine the hypothesis that climatic shocks increase small-scale farmers’...
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