Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity
Crop diversity underpins the productivity, resilience and adaptive capacity of agriculture.
Loss of this diversity, termed crop genetic erosion, is therefore concerning. While alarms …
Loss of this diversity, termed crop genetic erosion, is therefore concerning. While alarms …
Navigating toward resilient and inclusive seed systems
OT Westengen, SP Dalle… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Food systems face new climatic and socioecological challenges and farmers need a
diversity of new plant varieties to respond to these. While plant breeding is important …
diversity of new plant varieties to respond to these. While plant breeding is important …
Governing for transformative change across the biodiversity–climate–society nexus
Transformative governance is key to addressing the global environmental crisis. We explore
how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be …
how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be …
The next era of crop domestication starts now
AS Krug, E BM Drummond… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Current food systems are challenged by relying on a few input-intensive, staple crops. The
prioritization of yield and the loss of diversity during the recent history of domestication has …
prioritization of yield and the loss of diversity during the recent history of domestication has …
[HTML][HTML] Crop biocultural traits shape seed networks: Implications for social-ecological resilience in south eastern Senegal
CONTEXT Agroecosystems' social-ecological resilience largely depends on the crop
diversity generated and maintained by farmers, which provides insurance against changing …
diversity generated and maintained by farmers, which provides insurance against changing …
Policy-oriented versus market-induced: Factors influencing crop diversity across China
X Song, X Wang, X Li, W Zhang, J Scheffran - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Crop diversity is crucial for sustainable farmland ecosystems and global sustainability, and
thus is a popular subject of research in ecological economics, agricultural science, and …
thus is a popular subject of research in ecological economics, agricultural science, and …
[HTML][HTML] Drought-tolerant indigenous crop decline in the face of climate change: A political agroecology account from south-eastern Senegal
A Porcuna-Ferrer, L Calvet-Mir, NF Faye… - Journal of Rural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In south-eastern Senegal, Bassari farmers have historically cultivated and
consumed a wide diversity of varieties of sorghum, fonio, and Bambara groundnut, most of …
consumed a wide diversity of varieties of sorghum, fonio, and Bambara groundnut, most of …
Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities
V Reyes-García, D García-Del-Amo… - Sustainable Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Indigenous Peoples and local communities with nature-dependent livelihoods are
disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, but their experience, knowledge and …
disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, but their experience, knowledge and …
Functional transition of cultivated ecosystems: Underlying mechanisms and policy implications in China
X Song, X Wang, S Hu, R Xiao, J Scheffran - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The ecological sustainability of cultivated land use is a major challenge for achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals. However, less attention has been paid to the ecological …
Sustainable Development Goals. However, less attention has been paid to the ecological …
Climate change perceptions and adaptations among smallholder farmers in the mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
RK Amani, B Riera, G Imani, R Batumike… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The warming rates in many mountain areas are higher than the global average, negatively
impacting crop systems. Little is known about the climatic changes which are already being …
impacting crop systems. Little is known about the climatic changes which are already being …