U.S.-Brazil Planning Visit: Market Impacts on Agrobiodiversity Among Small Holders in Eastern Amazonia

9815141史密斯这项美国-巴西项目奖将支持佛罗里达大学的奈杰尔·J·史密斯博士对巴西贝伦的计划访问，以与帕拉联邦大学的乔治·文图里耶里博士共同开发一个合作研究项目，研究市场对东部亚马逊地区小土地所有者农业生物多样性的影响。他们的项目将着眼于市场一体化对东部亚马逊地区热带雨林中小农户维持的作物和品种多样性的影响，因为他们越来越多地被吸引到蓬勃发展的城市中心的轨道上。通过审查根据市场力量增加/减少作物和品种的决策过程，可以为传家宝植物品种开发利基市场，从而重振原本会失去的品种。***

9815141 Smith This U.S.-Brazil Program award will support a planning visit by Dr. Nigel J. Smith of the University of Florida to Belem, Brazil, to develop a collaborative research project with Dr. Giorgini Venturieri of the Federal University of Para, on the market impacts on agrobiodiversity among small land holders in the Eastern Amazonia region. Their project will look at the impacts of market integration on the diversity of crops and varieties maintained by small farmers in the rainforests of the Eastern Amazonia region as they are increasingly pulled into the orbit of burgeoning urban centers. By examining the decision-making process of the addition/dropping of crops and cultivars in response to market forces, niche markets can be developed for heirloom varieties of plants, thus resuscitating varieties that would otherwise be lost. ***