strategy
Increasing crop diversity
Synonyms:
Diversifying appropriate crop speciesIncreasing range of farm crops
Diversifying feed crops
Raising diversified crop products
Expanding diversified crop production
Providing sufficient polyculture
Improving polyculture
Improving farm crop diversity
Increasing crop variety
Context:
Many developing countries are trying to promote agricultural diversification among smallholders because they feel that smallholders are too dependent upon a narrow range of crops.
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends promoting crop diversification in agricultural systems, including new plants with potential value as food crops.
Narrower:
Planning new cash cropsDiversifying dry land cropsDeveloping transgenic cropsGrowing diversified cash cropsGrowing diversified cash cropsSelective breeding of food plantsSelective breeding of fibrous plantsDiversifying nutritious protein cropsDeveloping pesticide and herbicide tolerant crops Constrains:
Limiting range of farm crops Constrained by:
Limiting crop variety Facilitates:
Diversifying rice productsArranging comprehensive food varietyAdvancing integrated rural development Facilitated by:
Breeding plantsFarming with treesManaging non-timber forest resourcesPreserving genetic diversity in cultivated plants Problems:
Declining breeds of cultivated plantsInadequate farm crop diversity
Overdependence on few crop species
Values:
VarietyIncreaseDiversityShort-rangeUnproductivityOverproductionUnderproductionInappropriateness Organizations:
African Feed Resources Network Subjects:
Agriculture, Fisheries → AgricultureAgriculture, Fisheries → Animal feedstuffs
Agriculture, Fisheries → Crops
Agriculture, Fisheries → Farming
Biosciences → Evolution and species
Development → Reform
Industry → Production
Industry → Products
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
