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Dias Nunes, P.L.Remans, R.Villani, C.Ale, N.Mannella, A.Restrepo, J.L.Castro Salazar, R.[Introducing the Agrobiodiversity Index]Introducing the Agrobiodiversity Index

Food systems across the world are increasingly threatened by climate change, depletion and contamination of natural resources, increasing population, rapid urbanization and shifting diets. Sustainable agricultural practices that are referred to by the label “agroecology” have been promoted as one...


Mockshell, JonathanVillarino, Ma. Eliza J.[Agroecological Intensification: Potential and Limitations to Achieving Food Security and Sustainability]Agroecological Intensification: Potential and Limitations to Achieving Food Security and Sustainability

Although the share of global population affected by hunger significantly reduced from 60% to 15% during the past five decades, about 795 million people are still chronically undernourished. The majority of those affected are mostly from developing countries – notably in sub-Saharan Africa. This c...


Ekesa, B.Nabuuma, D.Mpiira, S.Johnson, V.Nkuba, D.Kennedy, G.Staver, C.[In: Kalipeni, E. (Ed.), Iwelunmor, J. (Ed.), Grigsby-Toussaint, D. (Ed.), Moise, I. (Ed.). (2019). Public Health, Disease and Development in Africa. London: Routledge][Multi-level participatory approaches to mobilize dietary diversity for improved infant and young child feeding in banana-based agri-food systems of rural East Africa]Multi-level participatory approaches to mobilize dietary diversity for improved infant and young child feeding in banana-based agri-food systems of rural East Africa

This book chapter is focused on the role of markets (especially those of agricultural products) as a form of agrobiodiversity governance. The expansion of these global agricultural product markets during the past two decades has generally furthered the simplification of agricultural and food syst...


Jager, MatthiasLoosen, Irene vanGiuliani, Alessandra[How Have Markets Affected the Governance of Agrobiodiversity?]How Have Markets Affected the Governance of Agrobiodiversity?
Zhang, W.Gowdy, J.Bassi, A.M.Santamaria, M.DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.[Systems thinking: an approach for understanding ‘eco-agri-food systems’]Systems thinking: an approach for understanding ‘eco-agri-food systems’

Agrobiodiversity relates to humans and their environments. It is the result of interactions between humans and nature, and thus is simultaneously social and biological by nature. Without humans, agrobiodiversity would not exist. Seeds, as carriers of major agrobiodiversity components, are not mer...


Visser, BertBrush, Stephen B.Aistara, Guntra A.Andersen, RegineJäger, MatthiasNemogá, GabrielPadmanabhan, MartinaSherwood, Stephen G.[The Governance of Agrobiodiversity]The Governance of Agrobiodiversity

Food systems large and small around this planet are changing more quickly and more profoundly than ever before in human history. If the same processes and priorities continue, we can expect more of the same results: the last fifty years of a productionist paradigm have resulted in increased produ...


Herforth, AnnaJohns, TimothyCreed-Kanashiro, Hilary M.Jones, Andrew D.Khoury, Colin K.Lang, TimothyMaundu, PatrickPowell, BronwenReyes García, Victoria[Agrobiodiversity and Feeding the World: More of the Same Will Result in More of the Same]Agrobiodiversity and Feeding the World: More of the Same Will Result in More of the Same

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