Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study
Despite being an increasingly important source of genes for crop breeding aimed at improving food security and climate change adaptation, crop wild relatives (CWRs) are globally threatened. A root cause of CWR conservation challenges is a lack of institutions and payment mechanisms by which the bene...
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| author | Drucker, Adam G. Mponya, Nolipher Khaki Grazioli, Francesca Maxted, Nigel Brehm, Joana Magos Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan |
| author_browse | Brehm, Joana Magos Drucker, Adam G. Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan Grazioli, Francesca Maxted, Nigel Mponya, Nolipher Khaki |
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| description | Despite being an increasingly important source of genes for crop breeding aimed at improving food security and climate change adaptation, crop wild relatives (CWRs) are globally threatened. A root cause of CWR conservation challenges is a lack of institutions and payment mechanisms by which the beneficiaries of CWR conservation services (such as breeders) could compensate those who can supply them. Given that CWR conservation generates important public good values, for the significant proportion of CWRs found outside of protected areas, there is a strong justification for the design of incentive mechanisms to support landowners whose management practices positively contribute to CWR conservation. This paper contributes to facilitating an improved understanding of the costs of in situ CWR conservation incentive mechanisms, based on a case study application of payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services across 13 community groups in three districts in Malawi. Results demonstrate a high willingness to participate in conservation activities, with average conservation tender bids per community group being a modest MWK 20,000 (USD 25) p.a. and covering 22 species of CWRs across 17 related crops. As such, there appears to be significant potential for community engagement in CWR conservation activities that is complementary to that required in protected areas and can be achieved at modest cost where appropriate incentive mechanisms can be implemented. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1296762025-12-08T10:29:22Z Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study Drucker, Adam G. Mponya, Nolipher Khaki Grazioli, Francesca Maxted, Nigel Brehm, Joana Magos Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan crop wild relatives biodiversity economic analysis resource conservation incentives payments for ecosystem services Despite being an increasingly important source of genes for crop breeding aimed at improving food security and climate change adaptation, crop wild relatives (CWRs) are globally threatened. A root cause of CWR conservation challenges is a lack of institutions and payment mechanisms by which the beneficiaries of CWR conservation services (such as breeders) could compensate those who can supply them. Given that CWR conservation generates important public good values, for the significant proportion of CWRs found outside of protected areas, there is a strong justification for the design of incentive mechanisms to support landowners whose management practices positively contribute to CWR conservation. This paper contributes to facilitating an improved understanding of the costs of in situ CWR conservation incentive mechanisms, based on a case study application of payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services across 13 community groups in three districts in Malawi. Results demonstrate a high willingness to participate in conservation activities, with average conservation tender bids per community group being a modest MWK 20,000 (USD 25) p.a. and covering 22 species of CWRs across 17 related crops. As such, there appears to be significant potential for community engagement in CWR conservation activities that is complementary to that required in protected areas and can be achieved at modest cost where appropriate incentive mechanisms can be implemented. 2023-02-25 2023-03-16T15:00:47Z 2023-03-16T15:00:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129676 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Drucker, A.; Mponya, N.K.; Grazioli, F.; Maxted, N.; Brehm, J.M.; Dulloo, E. (2023) Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study. Plants 12: 1030. ISSN: 2223-7747 |
| spellingShingle | crop wild relatives biodiversity economic analysis resource conservation incentives payments for ecosystem services Drucker, Adam G. Mponya, Nolipher Khaki Grazioli, Francesca Maxted, Nigel Brehm, Joana Magos Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study |
| title | Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study |
| title_full | Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study |
| title_fullStr | Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study |
| title_short | Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study |
| title_sort | community level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives a malawi case study |
| topic | crop wild relatives biodiversity economic analysis resource conservation incentives payments for ecosystem services |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129676 |
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