Description
Book SynopsisAgrobiodiversity and agroecology go hand-in-hand in promoting environmental resilience in international food systems as well as climate change resilient food policy. This book contextualizes how various legal frameworks address agrobiodiversity and agroecology around the globe and makes it accessible for audiences of students, practitioners, educators, and scholars.
Some chapters focus on the legal regulation of agroecology from a food law perspective. Others are geared toward providing regulators, lawmakers and attorneys with the scientific and policy background of those concepts, so that they are equipped in the field of food law in everyday practice and policy. Climate change dimensions of the issues are woven throughout the book.
Table of Contents1 Local Agricultural Knowledge and Climate Change. 2 Agrobiodiversity, Agroecology and Private Law. 3 Rights-Based International Agroecological Law. 4 Regulatory Options for Food Waste Minimization. 5 Indigenous Peoples and Agrobiodiversity in Africa. 6 Inclusive Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Aspects of Agroecology and Agrobiodiversity. 7 The Special Case of Olives. 8 South Asian Perspectives of Food and Law in Agroecology and Agrobiodiversity. 9 Agrobiodiversity Loss and the Construction of Regulatory Frameworks for Crop Germplasm.
