Managing Agrodiversity in the Traditional Way
Subtitle: Lessons from West Africa in Sustainable Use of Biodiversity and Related Natural Resources
Contributors: Edwin A. Gyasi (Editor); Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic (Editor); Essie T. Blay (Editor); William Oduro (Editor)
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9789280810981
Subjects: Management of land & natural resources; Sustainability; Industries - Agribusiness; Biodiversity conservation; Africa, West; Technology; Business / Economics / Finance; Development - Sustainable Development; Science/Mathematics; Case studies; Biological diversity conservat; Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture; Agrobiodiversity
First sentence: Through case studies in West Africa (principally Ghana; Maps A and B) and drawing from nearly 10 years of research experience of the United Nations University project on People, Land Management, and Environmental Change (UNU/PLEC), this book demonstrates the importance of traditional, indigenous, or local farmer knowledge and practices in sustainable conservation of biodiversity and related natural resources by agrodiversity.