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| Horna, Daniela; Sengupta, D.. |
| The contribution of agricultural biodiversity to agricultural production and food security is widely accepted. In the economic research this contribution has been evaluated from the production and from the consumption side. On the production side, agricultural diversity provides services that support the productivity of the system. These services include pest control, soil fertility, or in general system resilience to extreme climate events. On the consumption side, agricultural biodiversity enhances the diet diversity thereby enabling small farmers to consume a variety of foods. To our knowledge, however, the long term economics contribution of agricultural biodiversity to agricultural production and food security has not been evaluated in depth. On... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/18260/1/18260.pdf |
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