Functional Agrobiodiversity: The Key to Sustainability?

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Contents
Section I
Agricultural Biodiversity, Organic Farming, and
New Crops
1. Functional Agrobiodiversity: The Key to Sustainability?
Paolo Bàrberi
1. Introduction 3
2. Agricultural Sustainability at the Onset of the Third Millennium 4
3. Agrobiodiversity: A Conceptual Framework 4
3.1 Genetic Agrobiodiversity 5
3.2 Species Agrobiodiversity 6
3.3 Ecosystem Agrobiodiversity 7
3.4 Limitations of the OECD Definition of Agrobiodiversity 7
4. From Agrobiodiversity to Functional Agrobiodiversity 8
4.1 Functional Biodiversity: A Plethora of Definitions 8
4.2 Functional Agrobiodiversity: A Methodological Approach 9
5. Functional Agrobiodiversity in Practice 11
5.1 Genetic Agrobiodiversity 11
5.2 Species Agrobiodiversity 12
5.3 Ecosystem Agrobiodiversity 14
6. Functional Agrobiodiversity: Opportunities and Bottlenecks 15
6.1 What Could Favor Functional Agrobiodiversity? 15
6.2 What Could Hinder Functional Agrobiodiversity? 16
7. Conclusions 17
Acknowledgements 17
References 17