Perceptions of agrodiversity and seed-saving practices in the northern Andes of Ecuador

Perceptions of agrodiversity and seed-saving practices in the northern Andes of Ecuador

Abstract Background As concerns about agrodiversity loss and its impact on food security increase, interest in seed-saving practices and motivations has risen, especially in regions characterized by ancestral farming. Agroecology practitioners in the northern Andes of Ecuador (n = 65) participated i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rommel Montúfar, Michael Ayala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Sustainable agriculture
Conventional and non-conventional seeds
Agroecology
Intergenerational agrodiversity loss
Community-based participatory research
Food security and sovereignty
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-019-0312-5

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