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| Title: | The economics of agrobiodiversity conservation for food security under climate change |
| Authors: | Pascual, Unai
Narloch, Ulf
Nordhagen, Stella
Drucker, Adam G. |
| Keywords: | Climate change
adaptation
agrobiodiversity
economic incentives
resilience |
| JEL Codes: | Q18
Q24
Q54 |
| Issue Date: | 2011-11-01 |
| Abstract: | Subsistence-based and natural resource-dependent societies are especially vulnerable to climate change. In such contexts, food security needs to be strengthened by investing in the adaptability
of food systems. This paper looks into the role of agrobiodiversity conservation for food security in the face of climate change. It identifies agrobiodiversity as a key public good that delivers necessary services
for human wellbeing. We argue that the public values provided by agrobiodiversity conservation need to be demonstrated and captured. We offer an economic perspective of this challenge and highlight ways of
capturing at least a subset of the public values of agrobiodiversity to help adapt to and reduce the vulnerability of subsistence based economies to climate change |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/117623 |
| Institution/Association: | Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales>Volume 11, Number 1, 2011 |
| Total Pages: | 30 |
| From Page: | 191 |
| To Page: | 200 |
| Collections: | Volume 11, Number 1, 2011
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