The significance of biodiversity for sustaining agricultural production and role of women in the traditional sector: the Ethiopian experience
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Auteurs : Bayush Tsegaye [Éthiopie]Source :
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment [ 0167-8809 ] ; 1997.
Abstract
Ethiopia is known as a center of diversity hosting various flora and fauna. Traditional farmers living in the country's highly varied agro-ecological zones have developed various farming systems that are characterized by the high degree of inter- and intra-specific crop diversity across space and time. A wide range of crop diversity has been maintained by traditional farming societies in a sustainable way through the accumulated experience and interaction of farmers with their natural environment and without the need for technical scientific knowledge or external commercial inputs. The technological packages of improved high input seeds (often hybrids), inorganic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, although useful in raising production in the short-term, have been seriously eroding genetic diversity at the farm level. In line with this, the paper discusses the implications of these technologies to peasant farmers, the challenges and prospects, the particular functions of diversity in sustaining production in the traditional sector, the need for conserving indigenous seeds (landraces), and the roles women play in the development and conservation of crop genetic resources. The paper highlights the relevance of diversity from the farmers' point of view with practical examples. Initiatives taken to develop the local capacity towards achieving a sustainable production particularly by the resource-poor farmers living in marginal areas or changing growing conditions are also discussed.
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