Agricultural biodiversity
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Agricultural biodiversity is a sub-set of general biodiversity. It includes all forms of life directly relevant to agriculture: rare seed varieties and animal breeds (farm biodiversity), but also many other organisms such as soil fauna, weeds, pests, predators, and all of the native plants and animals (wild biodiversity) existing on and flowing through the farm. However, most attention in this field is given to crop varieties and to crop wild relatives. Cultivated varieties can be broadly classified into “modern varieties” and “farmer’s or traditional varieties”. Modern varieties are the outcome of formal breeding and are often characterized as 'high yielding'. For example the short straw wheat and rice varieties of the Green Revolution. In contrast, farmer’s varieties (also known as landraces) are the product of (breeding and) selection carried out by farmers. Together, these varieties represent high levels of genetic diversity and are therefore the focus of most crop genetic resources conservation efforts. Agricultural biodiversity is the basis of our agricultural food chain, developed and safeguarded by farmers, livestock breeders, forest workers, fishermen and indigenous peoples throughout the world. The use of agricultural biodiversity (as opposed to non diverse production methods) can contribute to food security and livelihood security.
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- Related: Underutilized Crops, SAVE Foundation, Functional agrobiodiversity, Biodiversity, Natural landscape
| Agricultural Research Service Agricultural Research Service www.ars.usda.gov/Research/Research.htm - Web |
| Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agric... Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture www.fao.org/AG/cgrfa/default.htm - Web |
| LinKS, a FAO project on biodiversity, gender and k... LinKS, a FAO project on biodiversity, gender and knowledge www.fao.org/sd/links - Web |
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| FAO Corporate Document Repository: What is agrobio... FAO Corporate Document Repository: What is agrobiodiversity? www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5609e/y5609e00.htm#Contents - Web |
| Facilitating Mechanism for the Implementation of t... Facilitating Mechanism for the Implementation of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GPA) www.globalplanofaction.org - Web |
| European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Re... European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Network www.ecpgr.cgiar.org - Web |
| Bioversity International Bioversity International www.bioversityinternational.org - Web |
| Crops for the Future (CFF) Crops for the Future (CFF) www.cropsforthefuture.org - Web |
| International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources fo... International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture www.planttreaty.org - Web |
| European Crop Wild Relative Diversity Assessment a... European Crop Wild Relative Diversity Assessment and Conservation Forum www.pgrforum.org - Web |
| DIVERSEEDS DIVERSEEDS www.diverseeds.eu - Web |
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| Herbicide-resistant plants and agro-biodiversity: ... Herbicide-resistant plants and agro-biodiversity: Efficient weed control leads to decline in biodiversity www.gmo-safety.eu/.../324.efficient-weed-leads-decline-biodiversity.html - Web |
| COHAB Initiative: Cooperation on Health and Biodiv... COHAB Initiative: Cooperation on Health and Biodiversity www.cohabnet.org - Web |
| Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) www.agrobiodiversityplatform.org - Web |
| Agricultural Biodiversity weblog Agricultural Biodiversity weblog agro.biodiver.se - Web |
| European Learning Network on Functional AgroBiodiv... European Learning Network on Functional AgroBiodiversity www.eln-fab.eu - Web |
| agroBIODIVERSITY, a cross-cutting research network... agroBIODIVERSITY, a cross-cutting research network of DIVERSITAS www.agrobiodiversity-diversitas.org - Web |
| The Web Portal for Indian Ocean Agriculture and Bi... The Web Portal for Indian Ocean Agriculture and Biodiversity www.agriculture-biodiversite-oi.org - Web |
