posted on 2023-05-03, 15:17authored byMatthew Cock, Jacobus Biesmeijer, R. J. C. Cannon, Pip GerardPip Gerard, David Gillespie, Juan Jiménez, Patrick Lavelle, Suresh Raina
Although the problems caused by invertebrate pests are well known – and considerable effort and resources are devoted to managing them – the vital contributions that invertebrates make to agriculture and food security are often overlooked.
NOTE: This section was adapted by Dafydd Pilling from Cock et al. (2011):
Cock, M.J.W., Biesmeijer, J.C., Cannon, R.J.C., Gerard, P.J., Gillespie, D., Jiménez, J.J., Lavelle, P.M. & Raina, S.K. 2011. Climate change and invertebrate genetic resources for food and agriculture: state of knowledge, risks and opportunities. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Background Study Paper No. 54. Rome, FAO (available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/022/mb390e.pdf).
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal title
Coping with Climate Change: the Roles of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
ISBN
9789251084427
Citation
Cock, M. J. W., Biesmeijer, J. C., Cannon, R. J. C., Gerard, P. J., Gillespie, D., Jiménez, J. J., Lavelle, P.M., and Raina, S.K. (2015). Invertebrate genetic resources for food and agriculture and climate change. In FAO, Coping with climate change: the roles of genetic resources for food and agriculture (pp. 69-85). Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).