Seeds of Life : Women and Agricultural Biodiversity in Africa

One of the down-sides of worldwide agricultural development, has been the replacement of native plant species by marketable crops, accompanied by a reduction in the diversity of the seed stock. This accounts for the disappearance of plants with pot...

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Main Authors:	Easton, Peter, Ronald, Margaret
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CASE STUDIES SEEDLINGS MEDICINAL PLANTS CASH CROPS GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE BEANS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS MAIZE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION MONOCULTURE GENDER RESEARCH AFRICAN RICE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES BIODIVERSITY CIAT CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIALIZATION COTTON CROP CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION DIET DIETS DISASTERS DOMESTICATED SPECIES DOMESTICATION FAMILIES FARMER FARMERS FARMING FEED FERTILITY FOOD CROPS GENDER GENETIC DIVERSITY GERM PLASM GERMPLASM GRAINS GROWING SEASON INDIGENOUS SPECIES INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE IVORY LANDRACES LEGUMES MAIZE PRODUCTION MIGRATION MILLET MOTHERS NATIVE SPECIES NGOS NUTRITION PARTNERSHIP PLANT BREEDING PLANTING POTATOES PRODUCE RICE ROOTS RURAL POPULATION SEED SEEDS SISAL SOILS SORGHUM SPECIES TOMATOES TROPICAL AGRICULTURE TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS TUBERS VARIETY WAGENINGEN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY WARDA WASTE WILD PLANTS WOMEN FARMERS WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/1671233/seeds-life-women-agricultural-biodiversity-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10815

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