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Title Valuing crop biodiversity : on-farm genetic resources and economic change / edited by Melinda Smale
Published Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Foreword / Joachim von Braun and Emile Frison -- 1. Concepts, metrics and plan of the book / M. Smale -- 2. Crop valuation and farmer response to change : implications for in situ conservation of maize in Mexico / G.A. Dyer -- 3. Farmer demand for agricultural biodiversity in Hungary's transition economy : a choice experiment approach / E. Birol, A. Kontoleon and M. Smale -- 4. An attribute-based index of coffee diversity and implications for on-farm conservation in Ethiopia / E. Wale and J. Mburu -- 5. Missing markets, migration and crop biodiversity in the Milpa system of Mexico : a household-farm model / M.E. Van Dusen
Summary In agricultural systems, diversity of crops and varieties is essential to combat the risks farmers face from pests, diseases and variations in climate. Crop biodiversity also underpins the range of dietary needs and services that consumers demand. There is growing concern, however, about declining diversity of crop genetic resources on farms, associated with social and economic change. This book contributes to a better understanding of the challenges involved in maintaining local crop biodiversity within a rapidly changing global food system. It provides empirical studies, applying economic tools and methods for valuing and managing crop biodiversity on farms. The book is divided into five sections: (1) introduction (1 chapter); (2) private value: stated preference of farmers (3 chapters); (3) private value: revealed preferences of farmers (5 chapters); (4) public values, villages and institutions (7 chapters); and (5) conclusions (2 chapters). This book will interest agricultural and resource economists, applied researchers working in international and national organizations and projects, as well as scientists involved in local plant breeding and genetics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Crops -- Germplasm resources.
Crops -- Germplasm resources -- Economic aspects
Plant diversity conservation.
Plant diversity conservation -- Economic aspects
Agricultural innovations.
Farms, Small.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
Agricultural innovations
Crops -- Germplasm resources
Crops -- Germplasm resources -- Economic aspects
Farms, Small
Plant diversity conservation
Plant diversity conservation -- Economic aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Smale, Melinda
ISBN 9781845931506
1845931505