Biological diversity encompasses all the variation in living things on Earth. Part is used by people to meet their needs for food, shelter, medicines, building materials and so on. That portion is usually referred to as agricultural biodiversity. Bioversity International exists to conduct researc...
Agricultural biodiversity has hitherto been valued almost exclusively as a source of traits that can be used in scientific breeding programs to improve the productivity of crop varieties and livestock breeds. We argue that it can make a far greater contribution to increased productivity. In parti...
Frison, Emile A.
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Cherfas, J.
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Hodgkin, T.
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[Agricultural biodiversity is essential for a sustainable improvement in food and nutrition security]
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Agricultural biodiversity is essential for a sustainable improvement in food and nutrition security
This is a publication that serves to contribute to the flow of information about the importance of the Earth's plant genetic resources. This issue focuses on genebanks: their future is our future, plus news of how plants are being used to drive development and fight poverty