Globally Important Indigenous Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
extent, significance, and implications for development
GIAHS are found throughout the developing world, linked to centers of diversity. Agroecosystems cover more than one quarter of the global land area, reaching about 5 billion hectares. Agroecosystems are ecosystems in which people have deliberately selected crop plants and livestock animals to replace the natural flora and fauna.
Author: Miguel A. Altieri
Other authors: Parviz Koohafkan
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2012
Country/ies: Belize, Brazil, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Niger, Peru, Portugal, Spain
Geographical coverage: Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Technical paper
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/ap021e/ap021e.pdf
Content language: English