Demand and supply of crop infraspecific diversity on farms: towards a policy framework for on-farm conservation

dc.creatorBellon, M.R.
dc.date2012-01-06T05:09:54Z
dc.date2012-01-06T05:09:54Z
dc.date2001
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T19:55:34Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T19:55:34Z
dc.identifier0258-8587
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/1020
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7508347
dc.descriptionInterest is increasing worldwide in on-farm conservation as a component of a strategy to conserve crop genetic resources. On-farm conservation may require outside support to small-scale farmers in areas of crop domestication and diversity. This paper argues that crop infraspecific diversity maintained by farming households in these areas results from the interplay between demand and supply for this diversity (i.e., its loss may be demand- or supply-related). In the first instance, interventions should be aimed at increasing the value of crop diversity for farmers or decreasing the farm-level opportunity costs of maintaining diversity. In the second instance, interventions should decrease the transaction costs of accessing crop diversity. It may be difficult, however, to distinguish in empirical research, whether the constraints to diversity are demand- or supply-related. Therefore the process of supporting on-farm conservation should be kept as open as possible and both demand and supply interventions should be available
dc.descriptioniv, 12 pages
dc.formatPDF
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCIMMYT
dc.relationCIMMYT Economics Working Paper
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectDEMAND
dc.subjectGENETIC VARIATION
dc.subjectGERMPLASM CONSERVATION
dc.subjectINNOVATION ADOPTION
dc.subjectSEED PRODUCTION
dc.subjectSMALL FARMS
dc.subjectGENETIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectDEMAND
dc.subjectGENETIC VARIATION
dc.subjectGERMPLASM CONSERVATION
dc.subjectINNOVATION ADOPTION
dc.subjectSEED PRODUCTION
dc.subjectSMALL FARMS
dc.subjectGENETIC RESOURCES
dc.titleDemand and supply of crop infraspecific diversity on farms: towards a policy framework for on-farm conservation
dc.typeBook
dc.coverageMexico


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