The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of a set of interventions related to on-farm/in situ conservation and use of fruit species (cultivated and wild) on farmers’ livelihoods and species diversity in Central Asia. Specifically, a difference-in-differences propensity score matching is use...
Gotor, E.
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Bellon, M.R.
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Turdieva, M.K.
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Baymetov, K.I.
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Nazarov, P.
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Dorohova-Shreder, E.
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Arzumanov, V.
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Dzavakyants, M.
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Abdurasulov, A.
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Chernova, G.
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Butkov, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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[Livelihood implications of in situ-on farm conservation strategies of fruit species in Uzbekistan]
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Livelihood implications of in situ-on farm conservation strategies of fruit species in Uzbekistan
Mexico is the primary center of origin and diversity for maize (Zea mays L.). Farmers grow the crop largely under rain-fed conditions. Mexico is at considerable risk from climate change because of predicted rising temperatures, declining rainfall, and an increase in extreme weather events. Small-...
Hellin, J.
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Bellon, M.R.
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Hearne, SJ
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[Maize Landraces and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico]
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Maize Landraces and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico
Studies on the enabling factors for household food security (HFS) most often used simplified econometric models looking into the links with a selected set of variables. In this research, a livelihood approach of HFS was used and aimed at determining the most significant livelihood assets for HFS ...
N’Danikou, S.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Bellon, M.R.
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Sidibe, A.
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Coulibaly, H.
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[Foraging is determinant to improve smallholders’ food security in rural areas in Mali, West Africa]
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Foraging is determinant to improve smallholders’ food security in rural areas in Mali, West Africa
Social and cultural contexts influence power dynamics and shape gender perceptions, roles, and decisions regarding the management of agrobiodiversity for dealing with and adapting to climate change. Based on a feminist political ecology framework and a mixed method approach, this research perform...
Ravera, F.
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Reyes García, Victoria
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Pascual, U.
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Drucker, A.G.
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Tarrasón, D.
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Bellon, M.R.
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[Gendered agrobiodiversity management and adaptation to climate change: differentiated strategies in two marginal rural areas of India]
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Gendered agrobiodiversity management and adaptation to climate change: differentiated strategies in two marginal rural areas of India
This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to...
Bellon, M.R.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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[Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America]
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Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
Globalization-driven food trade policies and the transformations of food regimes have led to modernizing food habits and the growing substitution of traditional foods by introduced/industrialized foods in the diets of urban people in sub-Saharan Africa. Such changes in food consumption habits are...
Honfoga, B.G.
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N’tandou-Bonzitou, G.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Bellon, M.R.
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Hounhouigan, Joseph D.
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[Assessing the role of market integration in the consumption of traditional foods in Benin: a joint price instability coefficient and diet composition approach]
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Assessing the role of market integration in the consumption of traditional foods in Benin: a joint price instability coefficient and diet composition approach
Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms, maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider this crop diversity as an entry point for fostering agricultural innovation. This paper presents a case study, fr...
Bellon, M.R.
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Kotu, B.H.
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Azzarri, Carlo
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Caracciolo, F.
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[To diversify or not to diversify, that is the question. Pursuing agricultural development for smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Ghana]
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To diversify or not to diversify, that is the question. Pursuing agricultural development for smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Ghana
Ensuring the availability of the broadest possible germplasm base for agriculture in the face of increasingly uncertain and variable patterns of biotic and abiotic change is fundamental for the world's future food supply. While ex situ conservation plays a major role in the conservation and avail...
Smallholder farmers who grow diverse landraces in centres of crop diversity contribute to sustaining the capacity of agricultural and food systems to adapt to change by maintaining crop evolution in their fields today, thus enabling humanity to continue to have the broad genetic variation needed ...
Bellon, M.R.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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[Conserving landraces and improving livelihoods: how to assess the success of on-farm conservation projects?]
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Conserving landraces and improving livelihoods: how to assess the success of on-farm conservation projects?