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The introduction of plant and animal agriculture represents one of the most important milestones in human evolution. It contributed to the development of cities, alphabets, new technologies, and ultimately to civilizations, but it has also presented a threat to both human health and the environment. Bringing together research from a range of fields including anthropology, archaeology, ecology, economics, entomology, ethnobiology, genetics and geography, this book addresses key questions relating to agriculture. Why did agriculture develop and where did it originate? What are the patterns of domestication for plants and animals? How did agroecosystems originate and spread from their locations of origin? Exploring the cultural aspects of the development of agricultural ecosystems, the book also highlights how these topics can be applied to our understanding of contemporary agriculture, its long-term sustainability, the co-existence of agriculture and the environment, and the development of new crops and varieties.

Agrobiodiversity --- Agricultural biodiversity --- Agricultural biological diversity --- Agro-biodiversity --- Agricultural ecology --- Biodiversity

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Agrobiodiversity. --- Agricultural biodiversity --- Agricultural biological diversity --- Agro-biodiversity --- Agricultural ecology --- Biodiversity --- Ecologia agrícola

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Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward conserving resources, especially soil. They have shown considerable resilience in the face of major onslaughts against their way of life by outsiders and government.Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, this book provides in-depth analysis of agricultural diversity and explores its history. The book also considers the effect of the "gene revolution" on small farmers and reviews the effects of the "green revolution" in Asian countries. In conclusion, it questions whether the diverse agricultural practices employed by small farmers can survive modern pressures and the global ambitions of the biotechnology industry.

Agrobiodiversity. --- Alternative Farming --- Alternative Farming. --- Basic Sciences. Agriculture --- Agrobiodiversity --- Agriculture - General --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agricultural biodiversity --- Agricultural biological diversity --- Agro-biodiversity --- Agricultural ecology --- Biodiversity

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The state of São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the most densely populated and developed areas in South America. Such development is evident both in terms of industrialization and urbanization, as well as in agriculture, which is heavily based on sugar cane, Eucalyptus plantations and livestock. This intense land use has resulted in great alteration of the original land cover and fragmentation of natural ecosystems. For these reasons, it is almost a paradox that jaguar, a species that requires large areas of pristine forest to exist, is still found in some parts of the state of São Paulo. It is possible that wild animals could leave in coexistence with intense land use, or is it the case that such rare encounters with large wild animals in São Paulo will disappear in the near future?All ecologists are aware of the problems of habitat changes caused by humans, but it was not until recent years that researchers started to consider that the land used for production could also serve as an important habitat for many different kinds of wild species. This book is about this new approach to conservation. It also highlights the important role that sciences could and should have in this discussion in order to better understand the problems and propose possible solutions.

Agrobiodiversity conservation --- Agrobiodiversity --- biodiversity, agroecosystems, Brazil,. --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology. --- Agricultural biodiversity --- Agricultural biological diversity --- Agro-biodiversity --- Agricultural ecology --- Biodiversity --- Conservation of agrobiodiversity --- Agricultural conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Brazil, Southeast. --- Brazil, Southeast --- Brazil

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This book is a collection of papers from the OECD meeting on Agri-biodiversity Indicators held jointly with the EU and international organisations in November 2001, in Zurich-Rechkenhols, Switzerland. A key outcome was to establish a common agri-biodiversity framework that helps understand the complexity of agri-biodiversity linkages. Papers cover the following topics; agricultural genetic resources, wild species, ecosytems, linking habitats to species and an overview of agri-biodiversity indicators. It includes a set of recommendations to OECD with respect to agri-biodiversity.

Agrobiodiversity. --- Agrobiodiversity --- Indicators (Biology) --- Agriculture and state --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture - General --- Agrarian question --- Agricultural policy --- State and agriculture --- Bioindicators --- Biological environmental indicators --- Biological indicators --- Ecological indicators --- Environmental indicators, Biological --- Sentinel organisms --- Agricultural biodiversity --- Agricultural biological diversity --- Agro-biodiversity --- Government policy --- Economic policy --- Land reform --- Ecology --- Biological monitoring --- Biological reagents --- Water quality biological assessment --- Agricultural ecology --- Biodiversity --- Politique agricole --- Biodiversité