The potato park: A pachacentric approach to seed systems
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2004
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A potato park was created in the mountains of Peru that aimed to alleviate poverty, conserve the nature of the landscape, and improve their livelihoods and food systems strategies. The indigenous and modern sciences were integrated to achieve this end. This is a powerpoint presented at the Seeds of Hope Conference in Athens, Georgia.
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Marketing and trade, Livelihoods, Indigenous community, Laws and regulations, Conservation strategy, Conservation planning, Modeling, Potatoes, Poverty alleviation, Landscape conservation, Agroecosystems, Indigenous science, Modern science, Bioprospecting, Indigenous knowledge, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale
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Presented at the Conference on Interfaces in the Repatriation and In Situ Conservation of Traditional Crops, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 30 April-1 May, 2004