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Traditional Agrobiodiversity Conservation

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Traditional Agrobiodiversity Conservation refers to the preservation and sustainable management of diverse agricultural species and varieties cultivated by indigenous and local communities. This practice emphasizes the importance of maintaining genetic diversity in crops and livestock to enhance food security, resilience to climate change, and cultural heritage.
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Traditional Agrobiodiversity Conservation refers to the preservation and sustainable management of diverse agricultural species and varieties cultivated by indigenous and local communities. This practice emphasizes the importance of maintaining genetic diversity in crops and livestock to enhance food security, resilience to climate change, and cultural heritage.

Key research themes

1. How do agroforestry systems contribute to traditional agrobiodiversity conservation amid socio-environmental changes?

This research area investigates the role of agroforestry systems, including traditional practices such as hedgerows and mixed cropping, in conserving plant and animal biodiversity. It emphasizes the ecological benefits of integrating trees with crops and the socio-cultural factors influencing agroforestry maintenance, in contexts ranging from European agricultural landscapes to arid zones like Mexico. Understanding these systems is vital for developing policies that support biodiversity conservation while respecting farmers' livelihoods and traditional knowledge in the face of agricultural intensification, land fragmentation, and changing governmental policies.

Key finding: This paper critiques a meta-analysis on European agroforestry, highlighting that hedgerows—a widespread traditional agroforestry practice providing important refugia and trophic resources for plants, invertebrates, birds, and... Read more
Key finding: Agroforestry systems in the semi-arid Tehuacán Valley maintained on average 59% of forest plant species richness and 94% of the genetic variation of dominant columnar cacti species compared to natural forests. Social factors... Read more
Key finding: Investigations in Wan Abdul Rachman Grand Forest Park, Indonesia, revealed that agroforestry involving community management is an effective forest restoration strategy. Unlike previous restoration attempts excluding local... Read more

2. How does Conservation Agriculture (CA) influence soil health and agrobiodiversity conservation at local and landscape scales?

This theme encompasses the ecological, agronomic, and socio-economic dimensions of Conservation Agriculture (CA) with principles of minimal soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and crop diversification. It focuses on CA’s impacts on soil quality improvements, biodiversity enhancement, carbon sequestration, and climate change mitigation. The research also examines adoption patterns, benefits, challenges, and the integration of CA across diverse agroecosystems globally, emphasizing both local management practices and their interaction with landscape complexity in biodiversity outcomes, supporting sustainable and resilient agricultural production.

Key finding: A quantitative review of 31 studies with 266 observations showed that local practices (e.g., reduced pesticide or fertilizer use) and landscape-level management (e.g., maintaining natural/semi-natural habitats) both... Read more
Key finding: CA global adoption data show continuous growth with 180+ million hectares under CA by 2018/2019, representing 12.5-14.7% of cropland. Successful CA systems integrate zero/minimal tillage, permanent soil cover with... Read more
Key finding: The review synthesizes global evidence that CA practices improve soil physical properties, increase soil organic matter, reduce erosion and compaction, and enhance soil biota diversity. CA mitigates negative impacts of... Read more
Key finding: CA adoption patterns and practices globally reveal that minimum soil disturbance, permanent organic cover, and diversified cropping systems increase soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, improving soil fertility and climate... Read more

3. How do socio-cultural values and traditional knowledge shape agrobiodiversity conservation and indigenous food sovereignty?

Research under this theme explores the integral role of cultural practices, traditional ecological knowledge, and indigenous festivals in the maintenance and conservation of agrobiodiversity. It focuses on how communities sustain crop diversity and genetic resources through cultural institutions and practices, including seed saving, crop diversification, and agricultural rituals. This theme highlights the interplay between cultural identity, food sovereignty movements, and policy frameworks, demonstrating the importance of safeguarding cultural heritage as a pathway to sustainable biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation strategies.

Key finding: This study documents how cultural festivals like 'Harela' embody traditional beliefs promoting the conservation of diverse crop varieties in Uttarakhand, Central Himalaya. The practice of sowing mixed traditional crops during... Read more
Key finding: In Xishuangbanna, ethnic minority communities actively conserve on-farm agrobiodiversity through traditional ecological knowledge and management practices embedded in their cultural systems. Despite pressures from government... Read more
Key finding: Indigenous women and food sovereignty activists in Northeast India are restoring cultivation and consumption of millets as a culturally rooted practice that reclaims traditional food systems and promotes nutritional and... Read more
Key finding: This study documents how indigenous communities apply traditional spatial forest categorizations (sacred conservation forests, protection forests, production forests), temporal calendars, and multifunctional plant selections... Read more

All papers in Traditional Agrobiodiversity Conservation

En los territorios ancestrales, de Montes de María-Colombia y quilombolas del nordeste-Brasil, las mujeres no sólo siembran semillas, sino también, iniciativas de vida, agroecológicas y comunitarias. Allí, los saberes y prácticas... more
Chicory or coentrão (Eryngium foetidum L.) is a species of the family Apiaceae, native to Central America and the Antilles. It is also cultivated in tropical Africa, South Asia, Southern Europe and the Pacific Islands. In Pará, is known... more
In the locality of Covunco Abajo, Zapala, Neuquén, Argentina, a group of women came together following workshops conducted by the INTA Rural Extension Agency to address aspects related to their productive systems. During the workshops,... more
BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and... more
NOTA SUI TESTI. Si è rispettato il costume grafico degli originali, compre se le oscillazioni tra scempie e doppie, intervenendo solo sulla punteggia tura e sull'uso delle maiuscole e riunendo i nessi del tipo allorquando, in oltre, in... more
For society to progress towards a more sustainable model of development there is a need for every individual to show concern for the environment and the stewardship of natural resources. Outcomes from the World Summit on Sustainable... more
The objectives of this study were to identify promising rice genotypes and evaluate the genetic variance and effectiveness of selection of the rice varieties for several yield attributing traits. A varietal trial of fifteen rice genotypes... more
Objetivo: documentar la importancia cultural y manejo de plantas con énfasis en las especies alimenticias de comunidades ch’oles de Chiapas, México. Metodología: enfoque etnoagroecológico, se aplicaron herramientas metodológicas... more
Sociocultural" Chiloé, noviembre 2024 1 Orígenes: El Simposio "Identidad y Pertenencia Sociocultural" surgió entre verdor de bosque, azul de cielo y aguas de la primavera chilota. En noviembre del 2023, dos retornados recientes a Chile... more
A obra aqui apresentada tem contribuição importante para construção do conhecimento agroecológico por seu caráter interdisciplinar. Os artigos aqui apresentados põem em diálogo a agroecologia, com a etnobotânica, a etnomicologia, o ensino... more
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Florianópolis, 2015.Comunidades tradicionais, como os Quilombolas, são reconhecidas por possuírem... more
Este trabajo parte de los resultados de una investigacion sobre la situacion economica de los productores de panela. Partiendo de los resultados practicos, el trabajo desarrolla una personalizacion de las diferentes practicas que componen... more
Os povos indígenas vêm milenarmente manejando a região Amazônica, por meio de práticas regenerativas e sustentáveis. As roças e capoeiras são áreas manejadas onde se conserva grande parte da agrobiodiversidade, e se transmite o... more
Effective conservation strategies aimed to protect crop genetic resources require multiple sources of information. We used a combination of AFLP genotyping and farmer surveys to understand the extent, distribution and management of... more
La siembra del maiz nativo ancho pozolero (Zea mays L.) desempena un papel relevante en las estrategias campesinas de las familias productoras. Es parte de una forma de vida, de su alimentacion y de su seguridad alimentaria. El presente... more
Millets constitute some of the oldest cultivated grains in the world. In post-‘Green Revolution’ India, millets have lost out to more easily available and heavily promoted grains such as rice and wheat. In this paper, we engage with... more
Zusammenfassung: Der Begriff der Emanzipation spielt in der neueren Erziehungswissenschaft nur mehr eine geringe Rolle. Mit dem Bildungsbegriff steht jedoch eine Alternative zur Verfügung, die das kritische Potential des... more
Contexto y Problema La pandemia del COVID-19 y crisis ambientales (como sequías en Bolivia) evidenciaron la necesidad de autosuficiencia alimentaria y uso sostenible de recursos. La agricultura urbana surge como solución para producir... more
El chile es el condimento de la vida en diversas culturas del mundo. México es centro de origen y diversificación de la especie domesticada Capsicum annuum L., por lo que el chile se convirtió en elemento identitario y patrimonio... more
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are uniquely affected by climate change. Indigenous peoples have depended on a wide variety of native fungi, plant and animal species for food, medicine, ceremonies, community and economic health... more
Il volume approfondisce la riflessione intorno a un soggetto abbastanza trascurato dalla storiografia, già affrontato in occasione del Convegno di studi «De fructibus. Storia, pratiche, linguaggi» a cura del Centro Studi per la storia... more
A seguranca alimentar global deve continuar ameacada e produzir alimentos com qualidade e em quantidade e uma das grandes preocupacoes da humanidade. No cultivo de aria, realizado na regiao de Manaus – AM, utilizaram-se pneus, empilhados... more
Rural communities near forests are highly vulnerable to climate change due to frequent natural disasters and extreme weather. This study investigated local wisdom in forest management as a strategy to address climate challenges. Conducted... more
O processo de ocupação das terras do Cerrado brasileiro tem impactado severamente sua paisagem natural nas últimas décadas. No presente estudo estimou-se as mudanças no uso e cobertura da terra ocorridas entre 2000 e 2016 na região do... more
Esse estudo objetivou o levantamento das especies comercializadas na Feira do Produtor de Tangara da Serra - MT e as classes de Recursos Geneticos Vegetais ( condimentos, frutiferas, olericulas, plantas medicinais, sementes, tuberculos e... more
A literature review about the diversity of alimentary species used by indigenous communities in Colombia was carried out. The collected information included the reports published in different sources between 1975 and 2003 mainly. The... more
Se hizo una revisión bibliográfica sobre la diversidad de especies alimenticias utilizadas por las comunidades indígenas de Colombia. La información colectada comprendió los reportes publicados en diversas fuentes entre los años 1975 y... more
San Cristobal de Las Casas, conforma uno de los principales destinos turisticos del estado de Chiapas; a partir de lo cual ha experimentado un importante incremento en la oferta de servicios debido al flujo de visitantes nacionales y... more
As palmeiras reúnem caracteres estruturais que limitam a sua colonização por lianas (e.g., crescimento rápido, caule flexível monopodial e folhas decíduas). O objetivo do nosso estudo foi avaliar se a presença de palmeiras pode... more
Agroecosistemas tradicionales del trópico mexicano: Los "bajíos" de Chiapas y sus características en el contexto actual. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, XXIX(2), 108-122.
El presente trabajo analiza el proceso a partir del cual los habitantes de la localidad de Agua Santa Ana, perteneciente al municipio de Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, han incorporado las actividades no agrícolas como parte de sus... more
En una xiloteca se puede encontrar una colección de libros de madera confeccionados con la misma especie del árbol del que versan. Por lo tanto, leer un xilolibro es adentrarnos en las diversas características de un árbol, como su tipo de... more
The current research deals with the importance of the maintenance and upkeep of family orchards from an agroecological viewpoint. This is because they are a transdiscipline that uses several disciplines, not only for the study of social,... more
The study was made in San Lorenzo farm, from Biosphere Reserve Sierra del Rosario. Keeping in mind that the methodology to management effectiveness evaluation that is applied at the present time in the protected area, doesn't possess... more
Introdução Capítulo 1-O Grande Sertão de Minas é Gerais 1.1-O Cerrado 1.2-As primeiras ondas de ocupação do Cerrado 1.3-O período colonial 1.3.1-Os Campos Gerais 1.3.2-Os Currais da Bahia 1.3.3-De Minas e Gerais 1.3.4-A pobreza laboriosa... more
En una dieta basada en maíz, frijol, calabaza y chiles, las hojas comestibles proporcionan diversidad de sabores y nutrimentos. En México se cultivan o toleran diversas especies conocidas como “quelites”, en la sierra de Tacotalpa,... more
The article seeks to shift away from the centrality attributed to the idea of 'control' in the debate on participatory fire management. To do so, it addresses three modes of existence of the phenomenon in the Brazilian savannah-queimada... more
Danksagung Die Erstellung des Panoramas über bestehende Validierungsprojekte und-praktiken von Bildungsleistungen in der Allgemeinbildung und die Sammlung der daraus resultierenden Fragestellungen waren nur möglich durch aktive... more
En el Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico, las comunidades indigenas mantienen relaciones especificas con su entorno natural. En el Simposio La Etnobiologia en Oaxaca celebrado en el marco del VI Congreso Mexicano de Etnobiologia, se mostraron los... more
Microphyllous and rosetophyllous desert scrub plant communities dominate large parts of the state of Coahuila, Mexico, yet differences in how livestock grazing impacts these two plant communities are not well documented. In order to... more
En este texto se destaca el caso de los traspatios (en la sierra) y los solares (en la costa) como espacios de cultivo y de saberes en el Totonacapan veracruzano, los cuales son cuidados principalmente por las mujeres totonacas.
Las comunidades campesinas de tradición mesoamericana, resguardan complejos saberes agrícolas basados en el maíz y el sistema milpa. La siembra, cuidado y cultivos están ligados no solo a la producción de alimentos, sino a su propia... more
La aplicacion de proyectos en busca del desarrollo de las pequenas comunidades cercanas a las grandes urbes como son las comisarias, deberia estar enfocada a alcanzar conceptos como soberania alimentaria, empoderamiento de las comunidades... more
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