Agricultural biodiversity in Southern Brazil: integrating efforts for conservation and use of neglected and underutilized species

cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuáriaen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryBrazil
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BR
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su6020741en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2071-1050en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalSustainabilityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.bioversityAGRONOMIC CHARACTERSen
cg.subject.bioversityCULTURAL HERITAGEen
cg.subject.bioversityGENETIC RESOURCESen
cg.subject.bioversityGERMPLASM COLLECTIONSen
cg.subject.bioversityINDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGEen
cg.subject.bioversityRESISTANCE TO INJURIOUS FACTORSen
cg.subject.bioversityRESOURCE CONSERVATIONen
cg.subject.bioversityUSESen
cg.volume6en
dc.contributor.authorBarbieri, R.L.en
dc.contributor.authorCosta Gomes, J.C.en
dc.contributor.authorAlercia, A.en
dc.contributor.authorPadulosi, S.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-13T14:00:08Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-13T14:00:08Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/66091
dc.titleAgricultural biodiversity in Southern Brazil: integrating efforts for conservation and use of neglected and underutilized speciesen
dcterms.abstractBrazil is one of the most biodiversity rich countries in the world, including a wealth of agricultural biodiversity in both wild and cultivated forms. This is particularly noticeable in southern Brazil, home to a wide array of underutilized food species whose genetic diversity is maintained mostly by farmers through on-farm management practices. Farmers’ contribution in safeguarding and keeping alive traditional knowledge (TK) essential for recognizing, cultivating, valorising and consuming these resources is critical to their conservation. Part of this diversity, a rich basket of native fruits and landraces of vegetables and grains, is also maintained through ex situ collections managed by Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and its partners. This article discusses the integrated efforts for in situ/on-farm and ex situ conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity in southern Brazil. This diversity represents an important cultural heritage, since its use, cultivation and associated knowledge result from the dynamic history of the Brazilian population, including colonisation and immigration by several different ethnicities. Many of these species are sources of genes that convey tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, as a result of the combined action of natural selection and artificial selection by farmers in agricultural systems with low inputs and diverse environmental conditions. Due to their importance for food security, use in breeding programs, high nutritional value, and potential for income generation, Embrapa has taken responsibility for the ex situ conservation of these species. The genebanks that safeguard against the loss of these resources do also play an important role in the restoration of this germplasm to farming communities.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2014-02-10
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBarbieri, R.L..; Costa Gomes, J.C.; Alercia, A.; Padulosi, S.. 2014. Agricultural biodiversity in Southern Brazil: integrating efforts for conservation and use of neglected and underutilized species. Sustainability 6(2)-p. 741-757.en
dcterms.extentp. 741-757en
dcterms.issued2014
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectagronomic charactersen
dcterms.subjectcultural heritageen
dcterms.subjectgenetic resourcesen
dcterms.subjectgermplasm collectionsen
dcterms.subjectindigenous knowledgeen
dcterms.subjectresistance to injurious factorsen
dcterms.subjectresource conservationen
dcterms.subjectusesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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