Genes in the field : on farm conservation of crop diversity / edit. by Stephen B. Brush

Introduction and overview. The issues of in situ conservation of crop genetic resources. Population biology and social science. The genetic structureof crop landraces and the challenge to conserve them in situ on farms. Case studies. Barley landraces from the Fertile Crescent: a lesson for plant breeders. The barleys of Ethiopia. Traditional management of seed and genetic diversity: what is a landrace?. Keeping diversity alive: an Ethiopian perspective. Policy and institutional issues. Optimal genetic resource conservation: in situ and ex situ. The cultures of the seed in the Peruvian Andes. On-farm conservation of crop diversity: policy and institutional lessons from Zimbabwe. In situ conservation and intellectual property rights. Farmer decision making and genetic diversity: linking multidisciplinary research to implementation on-farm.