Biodiversity in agriculture: domestication, evolution, and sustainability / Paul Gepts (2012)  

Public ISBD Titre : Biodiversity in agriculture: domestication, evolution, and sustainability Type de document : livre Auteurs : Paul Gepts, Éditeur scientifique ; Thomas R. Famula, Éditeur scientifique ; Robert L. Bettinger, Éditeur scientifique ; Brush, S.B., Éditeur scientifique ; DAMANIA, A.B., Éditeur scientifique ; Patrick E. McGuire, Éditeur scientifique ; Calvin O. Qualset, Éditeur scientifique Mention d'édition : 1st ed. Editeur : New York : Cambridge University Press Année de publication : 2012 Importance : 606 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-521-17087-1 Prix : 51.00 GBP Note générale : Presentations of the 2nd Harlan Symposium, 14-18 September 2008, University of California, Davis Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Agriculture  Biodiversity  Plant domestication  Animal domestication  Biology  Ecology  Social sciences  Agricultural economics Résumé : The introduction of plant and animal agriculture represents one of the most important milestones in human evolution. It contributed to the development of cities, alphabets, new technologies, and ultimately to civilizations, but it has also presented a threat to both human health and the environment. Bringing together research from a range of fields including anthropology, archaeology, ecology, economics, entomology, ethnobiology, genetics and geography, this book addresses key questions relating to agriculture. Why did agriculture develop and where did it originate? What are the patterns of domestication for plants and animals? How did agroecosystems originate and spread from their locations of origin? Exploring the cultural aspects of the development of agricultural ecosystems, the book also highlights how these topics can be applied to our understanding of contemporary agriculture, its long-term sustainability, the co-existence of agriculture and the environment, and the development of new crops and varieties. En ligne : http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/life-sciences/natural-resource-man [...] Biodiversity in agriculture: domestication, evolution, and sustainability [livre] / Paul Gepts, Éditeur scientifique ; Thomas R. Famula, Éditeur scientifique ; Robert L. Bettinger, Éditeur scientifique ; Brush, S.B., Éditeur scientifique ; DAMANIA, A.B., Éditeur scientifique ; Patrick E. McGuire, Éditeur scientifique ; Calvin O. Qualset, Éditeur scientifique  . -  1st ed. . - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 . - 606 p. ISBN : 978-0-521-17087-1 : 51.00 GBP Presentations of the 2nd Harlan Symposium, 14-18 September 2008, University of California, Davis Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Agriculture  Biodiversity  Plant domestication  Animal domestication  Biology  Ecology  Social sciences  Agricultural economics Résumé : The introduction of plant and animal agriculture represents one of the most important milestones in human evolution. It contributed to the development of cities, alphabets, new technologies, and ultimately to civilizations, but it has also presented a threat to both human health and the environment. Bringing together research from a range of fields including anthropology, archaeology, ecology, economics, entomology, ethnobiology, genetics and geography, this book addresses key questions relating to agriculture. Why did agriculture develop and where did it originate? What are the patterns of domestication for plants and animals? How did agroecosystems originate and spread from their locations of origin? Exploring the cultural aspects of the development of agricultural ecosystems, the book also highlights how these topics can be applied to our understanding of contemporary agriculture, its long-term sustainability, the co-existence of agriculture and the environment, and the development of new crops and varieties. En ligne : http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/life-sciences/natural-resource-man [...]

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Farmers' bounty: locating crop diversity in the contemporary world / Brush, S.B. (2004)  

Public ISBD Titre : Farmers' bounty: locating crop diversity in the contemporary world Type de document : livre Auteurs : Brush, S.B. Editeur : New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press Année de publication : 2004 Collection : Yale agrarian studies Importance : 327 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-300-10049-5 Note générale : 2 ex.; ISBN-10 : 0-300-10049-3 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Crops  Diversification  Germplasm Résumé : Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources. En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip048/2003020235.html Farmers' bounty: locating crop diversity in the contemporary world [livre] / Brush, S.B. . - New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2004 . - 327 p.. - (Yale agrarian studies) . ISBN : 978-0-300-10049-5 2 ex.; ISBN-10 : 0-300-10049-3 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Crops  Diversification  Germplasm Résumé : Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources. En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip048/2003020235.html

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