Towards a productive biodiversity: Economic, administrative and juridical implications of agro-biodiversity
Informations
- Funding country
Netherlands- Acronym
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- URL
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- Start date
- 1/1/2002
- End date
- 5/7/2007
- Budget
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Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other funding | Grant | 1/1/2002 | 5/7/2007 | - |
Abstract
This research programme aims to develop multidisciplinary social-scientific knowledge that may play a role in developing a national policy strategy on agro-biodiversity. Agro- biodiversity encompasses the whole of vegetable and animal genetic resources, soil- and micro-organisms, insects and other flora and fauna in agro-ecosystems, as well as elements of natural habitats of relevance for production systems in agriculture (Rathenau Instituut, 1998) .In this description three levels of agro-biodiversity are recognized: domesticated species, sustaining organisms and other organisms. In the last decade the term agro-biodiversity has become a central item in discussions on food- and environmental problems, especially where the two meet. Next to that the term has become a fixed point of reference in discussions about sustainable agriculture. Biological diversity in agro-production processes is one of the six main themes in Dutch governmental policy (SPA Biodiversiteit, 1995). From the results of evaluation research the conclusion can be derived that activation of economic sectors, as well as national policy-making, have only limited been developed (AIDEnvironment, 1998) .In the present research programme we study agro-biodiversity as a means to stimulate a sustainable agriculture. From the chain/network perspective this programme delivers a multidisciplinary analysis (economics/business administration, policy sciences/public multidisciplinary analysis (economics/business administration, policy sciences/public administration, law) of the perspectives for strengthening the position of agro-biodiversity in the food-supply-chain. On the basis of that knowledge the programme aims to deliver an input to an optimal mix of policy instruments in a national policy strategy on agro- biodiversity.