Efficient Conservation of Crop Genetic Diversity : Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Studies
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The book deals with the economics of conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in low income countries. This is done by developing concepts and discussing case studies. Only discussing the issues of access to and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources, unfortunately public discussion has neglected the serious problem of financing the conservation efforts because to date the issues of access to and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources have merely been discussed. The global situation of the conserved genetic resources is alarming, mainly due to the fact that the institutes, above all those in developing countries, do not have enough financial resources. Hence, it is imperative that the costs are taken into consideration. The contributions are grouped around theoretical approaches and empirical studies. The estimation of conservation costs help to allocate the appropriate financial assistance to the relevant countries for conserving their natural resources and assist in rationing scarce resources among competing crops which need to be covered under the conservation programmes.
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Deals with the economics of conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in low income countries. The contributions are grouped around theoretical approaches and empirical studies.
Efficient Conservation of Crop Genetic Diversity: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Studies,Detlef Virchow,Springer,3540000062,Agriculture - General,Crops,Earth Sciences - Geology,Environmental Science,Genetic resources conservation,Germplasm resources,Nature,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Wildlife,Agricultural science,Applied ecology,Business & Economics / Economics / General,Development studies,Management of land & natural resources,Sustainability
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