Farming Matters | 30.1 |March 2014
Although mainstream agricultural policies threaten such agricultural biodiversity, in recent years many promising initiatives have been launched around the world that aim to preserve and manage agricultural biodiversity.
This issue of Farming Matters looks at these emerging initiatives and at the insights gained from the efforts to up-scale these experiences. It focuses on agricultural biodiversity from different angles, including the importance of local seeds and breeds, enabling policy landscapes, and creating resilient communities. In the International Year of Family Farming, this edition explores the close interconnection between agricultural biodiversity and family farming.
FEATURES
Micronesia
Uganda
Brazil
Seeds or grains: Breaking the dichotomy by Paulo Petersen, Luciano Silveira, Emanoel Dias Da Silva, Amaury da Silva dos Santos, Fernando Fleury Curado
Greece
Global
Translyvania
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Theme overview – Agriculture, biodiversity and communities: does it add up? by Gine Zwart, Sarah Doornbos, Willy Douma
Evolutionary populations: Living gene banks in farmers’ fields by Maryam Rahmanian, Khadija Razavi, Reza Haghparast, Maede Salimi, Salvatore Ceccarelli
Opinion: A better way to feed Africa by Million Belay
How to break through the glass house: A personal reflection by Michael Commons
Cultivating biodiversity: Peasant women in India by P.V. Satheesh