Growing diversity : genetic resources and local food security / edited by David Cooper, Renée Vellvé, and Henk Hobbelink. - London, UK : Intermediate Technology Publications, 1992. - viii, 166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

CONTENTS

1. Why farmer based conservation and improvement of plant genetic resources ?

2. Community plant genetic resources management .

3. Sowing community seed banks in Indonesia

4. An inter grated NGO approach in Thailand

5. Women and biological diversity

6. Promoting traditional trees

7. Zimbabwe farmers as the starting point

8. Ethiopia:a gene-bank working with farmers

9. Developing local seed production in Mozambique

10.Grassroots conservation efforts in Latin America

11. Promoting local conservation in Ecuador

12. Towards a folk revolution

13. Facing the challenges of grassroots conservation




Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.

1853391190 1853391239 (hard.)


Food crops--Germplasm resources--Developing countries.
Crops--Germplasm resources--Developing countries.
Traditional farming--Developing countries.

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