Biodiversity in agriculture

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Bringing together research from a range of fields including anthropology, archaeology, ecology, economics, entomology, ethnobiology, genetics, and geography, this book addresses key questions relating to agriculture. Why did agriculture develop, and where did it originate? What are the patterns of domestication for plants and animals? How did agroecosystems originate and spread from their locations of origin? Exploring the cultural aspects of the development of agricultural ecosystems, the book also highlights how these topics can be applied to our understanding of contemporary agriculture, its long-term sustainability, the co-existence of agriculture and the environment, and the development of new crops and varieties.--COVER.