- Author
- Garí, Josep A.
- Title
- Plant Diversity, Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and the HIV/AIDS Crisis
- Imprint
- UNDP, FAO, Bangkok, June 2004, 40 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 974-92021-4-7
- Abstract
"This paper outlines an agrobiodiversity strategy with the following components: traditional, neglected and under-utilized crops; agricultural diversification; home gardens; wild food plants; medicinal plants; and community seed systems. The mobilization and improvement of these resources would be instrumental in expanding the options and means of small farmers to enhance their agricultural and livelihood systems. Plant resources are locally available, affordable, easy to deploy, versatile and remarkably connected to the ecological and cultural realities of small farmers. They are essential to devise agroecological practices that can improve natural resource management, household nutrition and the engagement of farmers in agricultural innovation. This approach is also responsive to the most pressing needs of HIV/AIDS-affected and other vulnerable households, in particular those with a shortage of productive resources (such as labour, cash, seed or fertile land)."
Related Entries
Inter-Governmental Organisations
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations (1945 - )
- UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Programme, United Nations Development Programme (1999 - )