Conservation of socioculturally important local crop biodiversity in the oromia region of Ethiopia: A case study

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-364

  Balemie, Kebu ^a   Singh, Ranjay K ^b  

^a Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC)   (Ethiopia)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crop diversity; Farmers' varieties; Local communities; Management and conservation; Threats to crop diversity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CROP DIVERSITY; ERAGROSTIS TEF; ETHIOPIA; FARMERS' VARIETIES; INTRA-SPECIFIC DIVERSITY; LOCAL COMMUNITY; LOCAL PEOPLE; LOW-YIELD; MAKING DECISION; MARKET DEMAND; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS; PEST INFESTATION; PEST RESISTANCE; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE USE; TRITICUM;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY;

CROPS;

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WHEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CROP; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP PROTECTION; ERAGROSTIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PLANT YIELD LOSS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; VARIETAS; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL; PLANTS; PUBLIC OPINION; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

ETHIOPIA; OROMIA;

ERAGROSTIS TEF; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM;

EID: 84866565207     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9883-9     Document Type: Article

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