Chapter 20
Farmer and Community-led Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture Using Agricultural Biodiversity and Genetic Resources
Tony McDonald,
Jessica Sokolow,
Danny Hunter,
Tony McDonald
Institute of Land Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJessica Sokolow
The Cabrera Research Lab, Ithaca, New York and The College of Human Ecology, Cornell Institute of Public Affairs, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Search for more papers by this authorDanny Hunter
Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Bioversity International, Rome, Italy and Healthy Food Systems node, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorTony McDonald,
Jessica Sokolow,
Danny Hunter,
Tony McDonald
Institute of Land Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJessica Sokolow
The Cabrera Research Lab, Ithaca, New York and The College of Human Ecology, Cornell Institute of Public Affairs, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Search for more papers by this authorDanny Hunter
Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Bioversity International, Rome, Italy and Healthy Food Systems node, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorShyam S. Yadav,
Robert J. Redden,
Jerry L. Hatfield,
Andreas W. Ebert,
Danny Hunter,
Shyam S. Yadav
Manav Memorial Trust/Manav Foundation, Freelance International Consultant in Agriculture, New Delhi, India
Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Redden
RJR Agricultural Consultants, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJerry L. Hatfield
USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Iowa, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAndreas W. Ebert
Freelance International Consultant in Agriculture and Agrobiodiversity, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDanny Hunter
Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Bioversity International, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorBook Author(s):Shyam S. Yadav,
Robert J. Redden,
Jerry L. Hatfield,
Andreas W. Ebert,
Danny Hunter,
Shyam S. Yadav
Manav Memorial Trust/Manav Foundation, Freelance International Consultant in Agriculture, New Delhi, India
Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Redden
RJR Agricultural Consultants, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJerry L. Hatfield
USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Iowa, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAndreas W. Ebert
Freelance International Consultant in Agriculture and Agrobiodiversity, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDanny Hunter
Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Bioversity International, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
Conservation and utilization of a broad range of genetic resources in agriculture is an essential element of strategies for coping with the effects of climate change. This chapter explores briefly how climate change is impacting farming communities around the globe, as well as the genetic resources that are an essential resource to these farmers. It focuses on how genetic resources can be an invaluable resource to communities. The chapter explains how farmer-led approaches are utilizing these resources to adapt to climate change. It is recognized that climate change will directly affect the agriculture sector due to changes in temperature, precipitation, and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Agricultural biodiversity and genetic resources are threatened by biotic and abiotic factors resulting from climate change. Monocultures have increased dramatically worldwide, thus narrowing plant diversity and increasing crop genetic uniformity. Communities around the world realize the role of genetic resources and agricultural biodiversity in adapting to climate change.
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