Reconciling genetic conservation and local needs in the dry zone of Central America
The genetic resources of the dry forest of Central America are of great potential value for development programmes on marginal sites throughout the tropics. The opportunity for realising this potential is being jeopardised by deforestation. Innovative approaches to genetic conservation and to seed supply are required to address this problem, while taking into account the needs of the rural population and the national economies of the region. The key to conservation lies in recognising small farmers as the managers of genetic resources. To manage these resources in a sustainable manner, they need assistance in the form of organisational support, and the promotion of practices of "conservation through use" which provide them with positive benefits. Seed supply should be planned on the basis of an objective assessment of small farmers needs: these may differ significantly from those of industrial consumers.
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1997
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| Subjects: | BOSQUE SECO, ARBOLES FORESTALES, RECURSOS GENETICOS, DEFORESTACION, SEMILLAS, CONSERVACION DE LOS RECURSOS, PRODUCCION DE SEMILLAS, AGRICULTURA, CONSERVACION EX-SITU, AMERICA CENTRAL, |
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