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Author:   David Cooper ,  Renée Velve ,  Henk Hobbelink
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781853391194

ISBN 10:   1853391190
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   15 December 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements/About this book vii 1. Why farmer-based conservation and improvement of plant genetic resources? 1 GRAIN 2. Community plant genetic resources management: experiences in Southeast Asia 17 RENE SALAZAR 3. Sowing community seed banks in Indonesia 30 DIDI SOETOMO 4. An integrated NGO approach in Thailand 38 DAY-CHA SIRIPATRA and WITOON UANCHAMROON 5. Women and biological diversity: lessons from the Indian Himalaya 44 VANDANA SHIVA and IRENE DANKELMAN 6. Promoting traditional trees and food crops in Kenya 53 KIHIKA KIAMBI and MONICA OPOLE 7. Zimbabwean farmers as the starting point 69 ANDREW MUSHITA 8. Ethiopia: a genebank working with farmers 78 MELAKU WOREDE 9. Developing local seed production in Mozambique 97 ANDREA GAIFAMI 10. Grassroots conservation efforts in Latin America 106 CAMILA MONTECINOS and MIGUEL ALTIERI 11. Promoting local conservation in Ecuador 116 MIGES BAUMANN 12. Towards a folk revolution 125 PAT ROY MOONEY 13. Facing the challenges of grassroots conservation 146 CAMILA MONTECINOS Annexes: Acronyms used in this book 155 A guide to technical, unfamiliar or strange-sounding terms used in this book 156 Addresses 159 Selected reading 161 Notes 166

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David Cooper works in plant genetic resources at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Renee Velve began working on biodiversity issues in the early 1980s, when she became active with French groups fighting for farmers' rights to use local seeds. For 15 years she was based in the Philippines, helping carry out GRAIN's global programme work. She helps run the open-publishing websites bilaterals.org and farmlandgrab.org, and helps with the overall coordination of GRAIN. Henk Hobbelink is an agronomist by training. In the 1980s he worked with farmers in Peru on sustainable pest management and worked with Dutch and European NGOs drawing attention to the importance of agricultural biodiversity for the future of farming. He is the coordinator of GRAIN, and as such is responsible for the overall functioning of the organization as well as conducting global trends research, writing and outreach activities.

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