Rapid advances and new technologies in the life sciences-such as biotechnologies in
health, agricultural and environmental arenas-pose a range of pressing challenges to …

div 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 …

Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh, India, is a key cotton-growing area in one of the most
closely watched arenas of the global struggle over genetically modified crops. In 2005 …

The ecology of maize (Zea mays L.) in Mexico, its center of domestication and diversity, has
been researched for several decades. While the broad outlines of diversity and dynamics of …

Climate change will affect agricultural production by subsistence farms in crop centers of
origin, where landraces are conserved in situ. Various strategies for adaptation to climate …

In this paper I use seeds in Malawi as both an analytical lens and an empirical focus of study
to examine how food sovereignty is threatened or enhanced in a particular location and …

Charting the political, social, and environmental history of efforts to conserve crop diversity.
Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past …

Local agrobiodiversity in remote areas such as the Moroccan High Atlas is poorly studied,
despite being of great importance for the sustainability and resilience of mountainous …

Maize diversity is important to the livelihoods of millions of farmers in Mexico, the crop's
centre of origin; to maize breeders seeking new genetic material; and to producers and …

In many traditionally managed agroecosystems, populations of domesticated plants
maintain high levels of genetic diversity. The threat of erosion of this diversity is a current …