Cultivating Biodiversity to Transform Agriculture /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Hainzelin, Étienne. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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505 0 |a Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Biodiversity has always been at the heart of agricultural activity -- 2. The challenges of agricultural transformation -- 3. Intensifying ecological processes to transform agricultural performance -- 4. Agrobiodiversity, the main lever of this ecological intensification -- 5. Ecological intensification, a strategic priority for CIRAD -- 6. A book with six viewpoints -- 7. Bibliographical references -- Chapter 1 The diversity of living organisms: the engine for ecological functioning -- 1. Diversity and unity of living organisms: the successive revolutions of the biological sciences -- 2. A history closely linked to man’s -- 3. Documented risks of erosion of agrobiodiversity -- 4. Why ‘cultivate’ biodiversity? -- 5. What is the best way of understanding the extraordinary complexity of living organisms and agroecosystems? -- 6. Agrobiodiversity: a development issue? -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. Bibliographical references -- Chapter 2 From artificialization to the ecologization of cropping systems -- 1. The impasses in the artificialization of cropping systems -- 2. Opportunities and limitations of cropping systems that promote biodiversity -- 3. Towards new ‘ecologically innovative’ cropping systems -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Bibliographical references -- Chapter 3 Rethinking plant breeding -- 1. Plant breeding: the past and the present -- 2. Recent changes and developments -- 3. The challenges of ecologically intensive agriculture -- 4. Mechanisms to help meet the challenges of ecological intensification5. Conclusion -- 6. Bibliographical references -- Chapter 4 Ecological interactions within the biodiversity of cultivated systems -- 1. Biodiversity and pest control -- 2. Hidden soil diversity: what potential for agriculture? -- 3. Biodiversity and agriculture-livestock interactions -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Bibliographical references -- Chapter 5 Conserving and cultivating agricultural genetic diversity: transcending established divides -- 1. History of the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture -- 2. International strategies and policies in favour of mobilizing genetic diversity -- 3. Need for in situ conservation and complementarities with ex situ conservation -- 4. Conclusion: hybridization or co-evolution of conservation models -- 5. Bibliographical references -- Chapter 6 Towards biodiverse agricultural systems: reflecting on the technological, social and institutional changes at stake -- 1. Co-evolution between technical dynamics and social dynamics: an analysis which starts upstream of agriculture -- 2. Recent changes in agriculture and food systems: market dynamics and new directions -- 3. Conclusion -- 4. Bibliographical references -- List of authors. 
650 0 |a Agriculture. 
650 0 |a Sustainable development. 
650 0 |a Ecosystems. 
650 0 |a Nature conservation. 
650 0 |a Plant ecology. 
650 1 4 |a Agriculture. 
650 2 4 |a Sustainable Development. 
650 2 4 |a Ecosystems. 
650 2 4 |a Nature Conservation. 
650 2 4 |a Plant Ecology. 
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