Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America

This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to fi...

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Autores principales: Bellon, M.R., Gotor, Elisabetta, Caracciolo, Francesco
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68400
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author Bellon, M.R.
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Caracciolo, Francesco
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description This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to five projects involving native crops in the High Andes of South America. Results show evidence that projects have been effective at supporting farmers to maintain crop diversity on-farm while generating positive livelihood outcomes. Implications and challenges of both the approach and the results for sustainable use and conservation of crop biodiversity are discussed.
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spelling CGSpace684002025-11-12T05:40:01Z Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America Bellon, M.R. Gotor, Elisabetta Caracciolo, Francesco crops biodiversity farmers farms germplasm conservation livelihoods development This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to five projects involving native crops in the High Andes of South America. Results show evidence that projects have been effective at supporting farmers to maintain crop diversity on-farm while generating positive livelihood outcomes. Implications and challenges of both the approach and the results for sustainable use and conservation of crop biodiversity are discussed. 2015-06 2015-10-01T09:07:25Z 2015-10-01T09:07:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68400 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Bellon, M.R.; Gotor, E.; Caracciolo, F. (2015) Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America. World Development 70 p. 162-170 ISSN: 0305-750X
spellingShingle crops
biodiversity
farmers
farms
germplasm conservation
livelihoods
development
Bellon, M.R.
Gotor, Elisabetta
Caracciolo, Francesco
Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
title Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
title_full Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
title_fullStr Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
title_short Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
title_sort assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on farm conservation of native crops evidence from the high andes of south america
topic crops
biodiversity
farmers
farms
germplasm conservation
livelihoods
development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68400
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