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Farmers' Bounty

Stephen B. Brush
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      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen B. Brush EAN: 9780300207552 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 544 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Yale University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-01-21 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Agricultural science

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      Stephen B. Brush is professor, faculty of agricultural and environmental science, department of human and community development, University of California, Davis.
      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen B. Brush EAN: 9780300207552 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 544 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Yale University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-01-21 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Agricultural science

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      Stephen B. Brush is professor, faculty of agricultural and environmental science, department of human and community development, University of California, Davis.

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