Experts discuss the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and conservation, integrating disciplines that range from plant and biological sciences to economics and political science.
Experts discuss the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and conservation, integrating disciplines that range from plant and biological sciences to economics and political science.
Wide-ranging environmental phenomena-including climate change, extreme weather events, and soil and water availability-combine with such socioeconomic factors as food policies, dietary preferences, and market forces to affect agriculture and food production systems on local, national, and global scales. The increasing simplification of food systems, the continuing decline of plant species, and the ongoing spread of pests and disease threaten biodiversity in agriculture as well as the sustainability of food resources. Complicating the situation further, the multiple systems involved-cultural, economic, environmental, institutional, and technological-are driven by human decision making, which is inevitably informed by diverse knowledge systems. The interactions and linkages that emerge necessitate an integrated assessment if we are to make progress toward sustainable agriculture and food systems.
This volume in the Str ngmann Forum Reports series offers insights into the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and sustainability and proposes an integrative framework to guide future research, scholarship, policy, and practice. The contributors offer perspectives from a range of disciplines, including plant and biological sciences, food systems and nutrition, ecology, economics, plant and animal breeding, anthropology, political science, geography, law, and sociology. Topics covered include evolutionary ecology, food and human health, the governance of agrobiodiversity, and the interactions between agrobiodiversity and climate and demographic change.
Edited by:
Karl S. Zimmerer,
Stef De Haan
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262549691
ISBN 10: 0262549697
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 31 October 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
The Ernst Strüngmann Forum vii List of Contributors ix 1 Integrating Agrobiodiversity Knowledge for a Sustainable Future Karl S. Zimmerer, Stef de Haan, and Julia R. Lupp 1 Evolutionary Ecology, Agroecology, Conservation, and Cultural Interactions 2 Crop Evolutionary Agroecology: Genetic and Functional Dimensions of Agrobiodiversity and Associated Knowledge Kristin L. Mercer, Yves Vigouroux, Nora P. Castañeda-Álvarez, Stef de Haan, Robert J. Hijmans, Christian Leclerc, Doyle McKey, and Steven J. Vanek 21 3 How Does Population Genetics Contribute to an Understanding of the Evolution of Agrobiodiversity? Yves Vigouroux, Christian Leclerc, and Stef de Haan 63 4 Crop and Varietal Diversity Impacts on Agroecosystem Function and Resilience Steven J. Vanek 79 5 Spatial Analysis for Crop Genetic Resources Conservation: Selected Approaches for In and Ex Situ Efforts Nora P. Castañeda-Álvarez, Robert J. Hijmans, and Stef de Haan 103 Global Change and Socioecological Interactions 6 Socioecological Interactions amid Global Change Conny J. M. Almekinders, Glenn Davis Stone, Marci Baranski, Judith A. Carney, Jan Hanspach, Vijesh V. Krishna, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Jacob van Etten, and Karl S. Zimmerer 117 7 How Do Climate and Agrobiodiversity Interact? Jacob van Etten 145 8 How Do Global Demographic and Spatial Changes Interact with Agrobiodiversity? Karl S. Zimmerer and Judith A. Carney 163 From Food and Human Diets to Nutrition, Health, and Disease 9 Agrobiodiversity and Feeding the World: More of the Same Will Result in More of the Same Anna Herforth, Timothy Johns, Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro, Andrew D. Jones, Colin K. Khoury, Timothy Lang, Patrick Maundu, Bronwen Powell, and Victoria Reyes-García 185 10 Agricultural Biodiversity and Diets: Evidence, Indicators, and Next Steps Andrew D. Jones, Gina Kennedy, Jessica E. Raneri, Teresa Borelli, Danny Hunter, and Hilary M. Creed-Kanashiro 213 11 Exploring Pathways to Link Agrobiodiversity and Human Health Victoria Reyes-García and Petra Benyei 225 Governance, Including Policy, Cultural, and Economic Frameworks 12 Indigenous Agrobiodiversity and Governance Gabriel Nemogá 241 13 Seeding Relations: Placemaking through Ecological, Social, and Political Networks as a Basis for Agrobiodiversity Governance Guntra A. Aistara 265 14 The Governance of Agrobiodiversity Bert Visser, Stephen B. Brush, Guntra A. Aistara, Regine Andersen, Matthias Jäger, Gabriel Nemogá, Martina Padmanabhan, and Stephen G. Sherwood 283 15 How Have Markets Affected the Governance of Agrobiodiversity? Matthias Jäger, Irene van Loosen, and Alessandra Giuliani 307 Bibliography 325 Subject Index 379 Strüngmann Forum Reports 389
Karl S. Zimmerer is Professor of Environment and Society in the Departments of Geography and Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education at Pennsylvania State University, where he is also Director of the GeoSyntheSES Lab. Stef de Haan is an Agrobiodiversity and Food Systems researcher at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
