Article highlights role of crop diversity in reducing pests and diseases
24 May 2012 | Permalink [1]
"A risk-minimizing argument for traditional crop varietal diversity use to reduce pest and disease damage in agricultural ecosystems in Uganda", co-written by Bioversity scientists, is now accessible online. Here the authors argue that the loss of a large slice of the world's annual harvest could be prevented by the diversification of smallholders' crop fields.
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Filed under: Announcements [8], Sustainable agriculture [9]See also: Agricultural Biodiversity [10], Pests and Diseases [11], ScienceDirect.com [12], smallholder farmers [13], Sustainable Agriculture [14], Uganda [15]
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http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/article_highlights_role_of_crop_diversity_in_reducing_pests_and_diseases.html?tx_wecdiscussion[sub]=1Links in this page
- [1] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=5735
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- [3] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/small_scale_agriculture_is_the_key_to_meeting_cbd_goals.html
- [4] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/nc/home.html
- [5] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/pacs.html
- [6] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/campaigns/ontheroadtorioplus20.html
- [7] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/bringing_conservation_and_agriculture_together_reflections_from_emile_frison.html
- [8] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/announcements
- [9] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/research/sustainable agriculture/
- [10] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/agricultural biodiversity
- [11] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/pests and diseases
- [12] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/sciencedirect.com
- [13] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/smallholder farmers
- [14] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/sustainable agriculture
- [15] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/uganda