Developing a participatory socio-economic model for food security, improved rural livelihoods, watershed management and biodiversity conservation in southern Africa

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2009

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Blacksburg, VA: Office of International Research, Education, and Development, Virginia Tech

Abstract

This presentation summarizes the research of the SANREM project on an agricultural markets model for biodiversity conservation. The main research objectives were to determine the ability for an agricultural market development program to sustain itself and the "cost" of biodiversity conservation by way of this kind of a model.

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Wildlife, Marketing and trade, Local markets, World markets, Food security, Markets, Biodiversity conservation, Comaco, Conservation farming, Poaching, Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance

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Presented at the 2009 SANREM CRSP Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 31 August-1 September 2009