BACKGROUND The Peruvian Andean region is a main center of plant domestication of the world. There, several tuber species were domesticated and the area lodges one of the most important reservoirs of their varieties and wild relatives. It is also the setting of traditional cultures using and conserving them. However, crop genetic erosion has been reported in the region since several decades ago;...

Abstract The loss of agrobiodiversity is a topic global impact. On local scale, Lombardy, in the Alpine macro-Region, has lost more than 78% its plant agrobiodiversity. Only four maize ( Zea mays L. subsp. ) landraces Lombardy are registered European Register Conservation Varieties. However, there other such as “Mais delle Fiorine”, which was characterized from an agronomic, morphometric, nutri...

Abstract Many farmers around the world are confronted with decision of adopting high-yielding varieties or maintaining diverse portfolio ancient and cultivars that constitute basis local global agrobiodiversity. This dilemma often resolves towards ensuring short-term individual profits at expense long-term biodiversity conservation. In this paper we argue specialty markets can act as a driving ...

Abstract Lebanon is a part of the Fertile Crescent recognized for its agrobiodiversity wealth in terms both cultivated plants and crop wild relatives (CWR) diversity. Within context climate change adverse effect on agrobiodiversity, conservation CWRs essential to prevent loss potentially useful genetic diversity facilitate their use breeding. To establish comprehensive plan Lebanese CWR belongi...

BACKGROUND Understanding the functional diversity of home gardens and their socio-ecological determinants is essential for mainstreaming these agroforestry practices into agrobiodiversity conservation strategies. This paper analyzed functional diversity of home gardens, identified the socio-ecological drivers of functions assigned to them, and assessed the agrobiodiversity benefits of home gard...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition affects a large number of people throughout the developing world. Approaches to reducing malnutrition rarely focus on ecology and agriculture to simultaneously improve human nutrition and environmental sustainability. However, evidence suggests that interdisciplinary approaches that combine the knowledge bases of these disciplines can serve as a central strategy in allev...