The Impact of Oilseed Production and Processing on Biological Diversity

油籽生产和加工对生物多样性的影响

• 批准号: 9123965
• 负责人: Lawrence Busch
• 金额: $ 5.98万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-08-01 至 1994-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9123965&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Impact; Oilseed; Production; Processing; Biological

Although many people now agree with the premise that human activities reduce the number of plant and animal species, few comprehensive analyses have been undertaken to identify and analyze the human processes that alter biological diversity. Among the human activities that have had the most significant impacts on plants and animals is agriculture. This project will begin an analysis of the ways that basic production of oilseeds and processing of those products encourages expansion of biological diversity through development of new hybrids while simultaneously altering the mix of vegetation within regions. The project will begin with a pilot study of canola (rapeseed) production in western Canada. Sources to be examined include histories of the industry; scientific and technical journals; laws and administrative rulings; standards published by seed companies, elevators, processors; and data on production, exports, prices, and other variables. Information also will be gathered through interviews with farmers, processors, and others engaged in canola production and hybrid development. This information will be assessed in order to identify the role of various human factors, including market forces, in activities that alter biological diversity. This pilot project will provide valuable new insights about a dynamic industry that exemplifies the ways that human activity can create and alter biological diversity. Of even greater future significance, it will enable the investigators to develop a consistent methodological approach for use in studying other oilseed industries in other settings, and it will provide them with an opportunity to identify information sources for other industries. Through expansion of this line of inquiry, comparisons will be drawn across a range of agricultural activities, thereby providing an enhanced base from which to generalize about the processes through which humans interact with the natural environment.

尽管现在很多人都同意人类活动 植物和动物种类的数量减少，很少有全面的 已经进行了分析，以识别和分析人类 改变生物多样性的过程。 在人类活动中 对动植物影响最大的是 农业 这个项目将开始分析的方式，基本 油籽生产和这些产品的加工鼓励 通过开发新的杂交品种扩大生物多样性 同时也改变了区域内的植被组合。 的 该项目将开始，首先对加拿大的油菜籽生产进行试点研究， 加拿大西部。 要审查的来源包括历史的 工业;科技期刊;法律和行政 裁决;种子公司、电梯、加工商发布的标准; 以及生产、出口、价格和其他变量的数据。 还将通过与农民的访谈收集信息， 加工商和其他从事油菜生产和杂交 发展 将对这些信息进行评估，以确定 包括市场力量在内的各种人为因素在活动中的作用 改变了生物多样性。 该试点项目将提供有关动态的有价值的新见解， 工业，体现了人类活动可以创造的方式， 改变生物多样性。 未来更重要的是， 将使研究人员能够制定一致的方法， 在其他环境中研究其他油籽工业的方法， 这将为他们提供一个机会， 其他行业的来源。 通过扩大这条线， 调查，比较将在一系列农业 活动，从而提供更好的基础， 人类与自然界互动的过程 环境