NDLI: Are we losing diversity? Navigating ecological, political, and epistemic dimensions of agrobiodiversity conservation

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Montenegro de Wit, Maywa
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Narratives of seed ‘loss’ and ‘persistence’ remain at loggerheads. Crop genetic diversity is rapidly eroding worldwide, we are told, and numerous studies support this claim. Other data, however, suggests an alternative storyline: far from disappearing, seed diversity persists around the world, resisting the homogenizing forces of modern capitalism. Which of these accounts is closer to the truth? As it turns out, crop biodiversity is more easily invoked than measured, more easily wielded than understood. In this essay, I contend that the impasse reveals an error in the asking. We must, instead, look to the ontological, epistemic, and narrative dimensions of agrobiodiversity—and to the science, politics, and cultures of each. How is diversity empirically defined and measured? Who creates and categorizes diversity? Who does not? How is such knowledge mobilized in the accounts and narratives of different interest groups? Where, when, and why does a narrative hold true? This multi-dimensional view of agrobiodiversity makes space for a greater understanding of how diversity is created, maintained, and renewed. It suggests policy and institutional support for systems that engender such renewal of diversity, both in and ex situ.
Starting Page	625
Ending Page	640
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0889048X
Journal	Agriculture and Human Values
Volume Number	33
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728366
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-07-31
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Agrobiodiversity Seeds Ex situ In situ CGIAR Agroecology Ethics Agricultural Economics Veterinary Medicine History Evolutionary Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science

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