Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services

The majority of the planet's food comes from a very small number of crops: only around 30 account for more than 85 per cent of global crop production. Of the about 350,000 plant species known to exist, fewer than 20 per cent are eaten and only some 150 have been domesticated for farming. Furthermore...

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Autor principal: Drucker, Adam G.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: WRENMedia 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104835
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description The majority of the planet's food comes from a very small number of crops: only around 30 account for more than 85 per cent of global crop production. Of the about 350,000 plant species known to exist, fewer than 20 per cent are eaten and only some 150 have been domesticated for farming. Furthermore, crops' genetic diversity within species is very narrow and existing agrobiodiversity is being lost at a rapid rate. However, a recent pilot scheme to pay farmers for conserving traditional crop varieties has provided a promising way to stem the loss.
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spelling CGSpace1048352024-01-08T18:54:14Z Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services Drucker, Adam G. ecosystems biodiversity farmers income resources storage The majority of the planet's food comes from a very small number of crops: only around 30 account for more than 85 per cent of global crop production. Of the about 350,000 plant species known to exist, fewer than 20 per cent are eaten and only some 150 have been domesticated for farming. Furthermore, crops' genetic diversity within species is very narrow and existing agrobiodiversity is being lost at a rapid rate. However, a recent pilot scheme to pay farmers for conserving traditional crop varieties has provided a promising way to stem the loss. 2012 2019-10-15T15:43:16Z 2019-10-15T15:43:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104835 en Limited Access WRENMedia Drucker, A.G. (2012) Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services. n. 1 p.
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Drucker, Adam G.
Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
title Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
title_full Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
title_fullStr Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
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title_short Making a PAC: payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
title_sort making a pac payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services
topic ecosystems
biodiversity
farmers
income
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