The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems.
This chapter will review the evidence that shows that farmers’ access to seeds has an impact on the sustainability of food production and consumption. Diverse seeds are needed to support the diversification of agriculture, which in turn may contribute to more diverse diets, and to using species and...
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Bioversity International
2017
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| author | Etten, Jacob van López Noriega, Isabel Fadda, Carlo Thomas, E. |
| author_browse | Etten, Jacob van Fadda, Carlo López Noriega, Isabel Thomas, E. |
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| description | This chapter will review the evidence that shows that farmers’ access to seeds has an impact on the sustainability of food production and consumption. Diverse seeds are needed to support the diversification of agriculture, which in turn may contribute to more diverse diets, and to using species and varieties for the integrity of ecosystem services. In what follows, we define three functions of seed systems. We discuss the evidence that farmers’ seed access influences food production and consumption. We then discuss each of the three key functions (production and distribution, innovation, regulation) in turn and review the evidence that differences in the capacity of seed systems to perform each function make a difference to fulfilling the overall goal of seed systems, in terms of their contribution to sustainable food systems. We also describe existing work to provide data and indicators
to characterize each seed system function and assess how these can be used to measure the link between agricultural biodiversity and sustainable food systems in this context. |
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| spelling | CGSpace897552025-11-05T07:29:33Z The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. Etten, Jacob van López Noriega, Isabel Fadda, Carlo Thomas, E. seeds systems seed crops seed trees food security sustainability This chapter will review the evidence that shows that farmers’ access to seeds has an impact on the sustainability of food production and consumption. Diverse seeds are needed to support the diversification of agriculture, which in turn may contribute to more diverse diets, and to using species and varieties for the integrity of ecosystem services. In what follows, we define three functions of seed systems. We discuss the evidence that farmers’ seed access influences food production and consumption. We then discuss each of the three key functions (production and distribution, innovation, regulation) in turn and review the evidence that differences in the capacity of seed systems to perform each function make a difference to fulfilling the overall goal of seed systems, in terms of their contribution to sustainable food systems. We also describe existing work to provide data and indicators to characterize each seed system function and assess how these can be used to measure the link between agricultural biodiversity and sustainable food systems in this context. 2017 2017-12-15T12:38:56Z 2017-12-15T12:38:56Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89755 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89049 Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International van Etten, J.; López Noriega, I.; Fadda, C.; Thomas, E. (2017) The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. In: Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in sustainable food systems: Scientific foundations for an agrobiodiversity index. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International, p. 81-101 ISBN: 978-92-9255-070-7 |
| spellingShingle | seeds systems seed crops seed trees food security sustainability Etten, Jacob van López Noriega, Isabel Fadda, Carlo Thomas, E. The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. |
| title | The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. |
| title_full | The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. |
| title_fullStr | The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. |
| title_short | The contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems. |
| title_sort | contribution of seed systems to crop and tree diversity in sustainable food systems |
| topic | seeds systems seed crops seed trees food security sustainability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89755 |
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