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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andreas Kontoleon (University of Cambridge, UK) , Unai Pascual (Cambridge University) , Melinda SmalePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.840kg ISBN: 9780415619769ISBN 10: 0415619769 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 18 February 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Agrodiversity for Economic Development: What do we know? Part 1: Policy Perspectives 2. Managing Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Use: Balancing the Benefits in the Field 3. Do we have an Adequate Global Strategy for Securing the Biodiversity of Major Food Crops? 4. Do We Need Crop Landraces for the Future? Realizing the global option value of in situ conservation 5. Marketing Underutilized Plant Species for the Poor: A Conceptual Framework 6. Non-Market Institutions for Agrobiodiversity Conservation 7. Development, Intensification and the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Part 2: Multiple Objectives, Trade Offs and Synergies between Productivity and Agrobiodiversity 8. Biodiversity Conservation and Productivity in Intensive Agricultural Systems 9. Pricing Agrobiodiversity: A Stochastic Approach to Model Environmental Efficiency 10. Diversity, Productivity and Resilience in Agro-Ecosystems: An Example from Cereal Production in Southern Italy 11. The Role of Crop Genetic Diversity in Coping with Drought: Insights from Eastern Ethiopia 12. A Trade-Off Analysis between Rangeland Health and Income Generation in Southern Namibia 13. Estimating the Interactions of Soil Biota and Agricultural Practices 14. Estimating the value of Milpa Diversity and Genetically Modified Maize to Farmers in Mexico: A Choice Experiment Approach 15. Can Greening Markets Help Conserve Landraces in Situ? Eggplants in India Part 3: Market & Non-Market Institutions for Agrobiodiversity Conservation 16. Agro-Biodiversity as Natural Insurance and the Development of Financial Markets 17. Determinants of Collaborative Conservation Costs of Coffea Arabica's Wild Populations in Montane Rainforest of Southwestern Ethiopia 18. Agrobiodiversity in Poor Countries – Price Premiums Deemed to Miss Multifaceted Targets? 19. Market Participation and Crop Biodiversity in a Developing Economy: Banana'a in Uganda 20. The Value of Ecosystem Sevices and Agrobiodiversity in Central Sulawesi 21. Farmers' Participation in Agri-Environmental Programs and Impact on Farm Performance: An Empirical Analysis Applied to Swedish Agriculture 22. Over-Compensation Payments for Agro-Biodiversity ConservationReviewsAuthor InformationAndreas Kontoleon is a lecturer in Environmental Economics at the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, UK. Unai Pascual is a lecturer in Environmental Economics at the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, UK. Melinda Smale leads a global research program about economics and genetic resources at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington D.C, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |