Climate Conversations - Can biodiversity cut the risks of crop losses?
30 October 2012 | Permalink [1]
Bananas and beans are key crops in Uganda, where more than 7 million people depend on them for carbohydrates and proteins. Yet these crops are vulnerable to insect pest and disease outbreaks that can devastate food production and livelihoods in poor smallholder farming households.
It is estimated that pests and diseases cause a 27 percent loss to annual harvests worldwide - a problem that is becoming increasingly difficult to fight as climate change results in changes in insect behaviour and new pest and disease combinations.
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- [2] http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/can-biodiversity-cut-the-risks-of-crop-losses/
- [3] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/diversity_protects_the_bean_harvests_of_poor_farmers_in_uganda.html
- [4] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/sustainable_use_of_biodiversity_gcard2_side_event_report.html
- [5] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880912000746
- [6] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/gcard2_punta_del_este_uruguay_29_october_1_november_2012.html
- [7] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/26/kyrgyz-conservationists-save-trees-helping-farmers/?page=all#pagebreak
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