Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets
Livelihoods and Agroecology in Comparative Perspective
Edited by Stewart Lockie ,  David Carpenter
Cloth: 978 1 84407 776 2
Price: $96.00  

Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
January 2010 , 336 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4"
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Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernization. However, it is argued in this book that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that farmers use to manage agrobiodiversity and other livelihood assets as they adapt to changing social, economic, and environmental circumstances.
Chapters explore relationships between the exploitation and conservation of agricultural biodiversity and the livelihoods of agricultural communities, and evaluate the capacity of national and multilateral institutions and policy settings to support the protection and capture by communities of agrobiodiversity values. The place of ecosystem services in valuing biodiversity in the marketplace is emphasized. A number of authors assess the potential for market-based instruments and initiatives to encourage the protection of biodiversity, while others compare agro-biodiversity/community relationships, and the effectiveness of instruments designed to enhance these, across international boundaries.
The book takes a comparative approach, drawing on empirical case studies from across the developed and developing worlds. In doing so, it shows how global trade and multilateral institutions bring otherwise disparate communities together in networks that exploit and/or preserve agrobiodiversity and other resources.

Table of Contents:
Contributors
Preface
1. Agriculture, Biodiversity And Markets—Stewart Lockie and David Carpenter,
Part I: Agrobiodiversity in Context
2. The Ecological Role and Enhancement of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems—Miguel Altieri and Paul Rogé
3. The Human Ecology of Agrobiodiversity—David Dumaresq, Stewart Lockie and David Carpenter
4. Multilateral and National Regulatory Regimes for Agrobiodiversity—Gerald Moore
5. Plant Breeders' Rights and On-Farm Seed-Saving–C.S. Srinivasan
6. International Biosecurity Frameworks to Protect Biodiversity with Emphasis on Science and Risk Assessment—Robert Black and Irina Kireeva
Part II: Agriobiodiversity and Modernization
7. Complementarity in the Conservation of Traditional and Modern Rice Genetic Resources on the Philippine Island of Bohol—David Carpenter
8. The Contribution of Biodiversity to Modern Intensive Farming Systems—Amani Omer, Unai Pascual and Noel Russell
9. Genetic Erosion and Degradation of Ecosystem Services of Wetland Rice Fields: A Case Study from Western Ghats, India—Nadesa panicker Anil Kumar, Girigan Gopi and Parameswaran Prajeesh
Part III: Agrobiodiversity, Standards and Markets
10. Environmental Certification: Standardization for Diversity—Tad Mutersbaugh and Dan Klooster
11. Challenges of Global Environmental Governance by Non-state Actors in the Coffee Industry: Insights from India, Indonesia and Vietnam—Jeff Neilson, Bill Pritchard, Lindsay Soutar, Bustanul Arifin, C.P. Gracy and Tran Hgoc Kham
12. Geographical Indicators—Erik Thévenod-Mottet and Gilles Allaire
13. Value Chain Coordination for Agroiodiversity Conservation—Jon Hellen, Sophie Higman and Alder Keleman
Part IV: Agrobiodiversity and Payment for Ecological Services
14. Paying for Biodiversity Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes—Sarah Scherr, Jeffrey C. Milder and Seth Shames
15. Targeting Payments for Ecological Services—JunJie Wu and Ned Stone
16. The 'Green Box': Multifunctionality and Biodiversity Conservation in Europe—Rosemary Siebert
17. Market Instruments and Collective Obligations for On-Farm Biodiversity Conservation—Stewart Lockie and Rebeka Tennent
Conclusion
18. Agrobiodiversity and Sustainable Farm Livelihoods: Policy Implications and Imperatives—Stewart Lockie and David Carpenter
Index


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Reviews & Endorsements:
“This volume does an excellent job in bringing together a rich diversity of empirical material from around the world to analyze the complex interdependencies between biodiversity protection and agricultural livelihoods. It provides new and better insights into whether, why and how biodiversity values should be given pride of place in agroecosystems. Highly recommended.”
- Arthur P.J. Mol, Chair and Professor in Environmental Policy , Wageningen University, The Netherlands
“Biodiversity plays a pivotal role in determining agricultural production and shaping the livelihoods of agricultural communities. This volume skilfully examines relationships between agricultural biodiversity, livelihoods and markets. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to know more about these vitally important relationships.”
- Professor Mark McGillivray, Chief Economist , Australian Agency for International Development