Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semences
Guadeloupe, like many Caribbean countries, is very dependent on food imports. One of the alternatives would be to gain a better understanding of the richness of our agricultural resources in order to better domesticate them and make use of them in our food, our culture and our landscapes. Agrodivers...
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| description | Guadeloupe, like many Caribbean countries, is very dependent on food imports. One of the alternatives would be to gain a better understanding of the richness of our agricultural resources in order to better domesticate them and make use of them in our food, our culture and our landscapes. Agrodiversity can take various forms - type, number, arrangement of species - in relation to the cultural influences of farmers or gardeners, their purposes, and the soil and climate conditions of the areas where they are planted. It is becoming urgent to inventory this agrodiversity and to organise the collection, conservation and access to local seed diversity. Réseau Semences Gwada proposes an original approach to boost the seed sector in Guadeloupe in a sustainable manner. An initial inventory of cultivated and cultivable agrodiversity was carried out, focusing on the perception of diversity and its conservation by the stakeholders. A web questionnaire was developed and submitted to the agricultural interprofession, agro-processors, agronomic research, associations working for the benefit of peasant agriculture or organic farming, and local garden discussion groups hosted by the internet social media. Our results have shown that tradition, taste, break with conventional consumption patterns, and expertise are linked to the diversity grown in gardens. The practical use of plants is structured in niches of motivations of growers (agronomic value, eligibility and medicinal properties). The sharing of expertise is waiting for structuring and a sustainable commitment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53471f3d9a6146cfa164fdabbab33a362024-02-13T13:14:09ZengUniversité des AntillesÉtudes Caribéennes1779-09801961-859X5010.4000/etudescaribeennes.22874Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semencesDavid LangeHarry Ozier-LafontaineLaurent PenetGuadeloupe, like many Caribbean countries, is very dependent on food imports. One of the alternatives would be to gain a better understanding of the richness of our agricultural resources in order to better domesticate them and make use of them in our food, our culture and our landscapes. Agrodiversity can take various forms - type, number, arrangement of species - in relation to the cultural influences of farmers or gardeners, their purposes, and the soil and climate conditions of the areas where they are planted. It is becoming urgent to inventory this agrodiversity and to organise the collection, conservation and access to local seed diversity. Réseau Semences Gwada proposes an original approach to boost the seed sector in Guadeloupe in a sustainable manner. An initial inventory of cultivated and cultivable agrodiversity was carried out, focusing on the perception of diversity and its conservation by the stakeholders. A web questionnaire was developed and submitted to the agricultural interprofession, agro-processors, agronomic research, associations working for the benefit of peasant agriculture or organic farming, and local garden discussion groups hosted by the internet social media. Our results have shown that tradition, taste, break with conventional consumption patterns, and expertise are linked to the diversity grown in gardens. The practical use of plants is structured in niches of motivations of growers (agronomic value, eligibility and medicinal properties). The sharing of expertise is waiting for structuring and a sustainable commitment.https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/22874agro-diversityseedsaccessquestionnairemotivationexpertise |
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| title | Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semences |
| title_full | Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semences |
| title_fullStr | Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semences |
| title_short | Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semences |
| title_sort | reconquete de l agrodiversite tropicale par les semences |
| topic | agro-diversity seeds access questionnaire motivation expertise |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/22874 |
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