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Food sovereignty
overview, 17–20
models to guarantee, 180
policies for, 191–92
Food sustainability, 130t–131t
FORAGRO (Regional Forum for Agricultural Research
and Technological Development), 82
Forests, secondary, 172
Forests and timber production, 37. See also
Deforestation
Free trade agreements, 13, 22, 97, 189–90
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), 13
Freshwater ecosystems, environmental impacts
on, 58
FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas), 13
Future options. See Options for the future
G
Gender
agricultural production and, 48–50
modernization and, 108
See also Women
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs). See
Transgenics
Genetic resources, conservation of, 102–3
Germplasm banks, 102
GHG (greenhouse gases), 202, 206. See also
Climate change
Global context, 8–12
Globalization
market demand and, 105
trends, 8–9
Global orchestration scenario
2007-2015, 125–38
2016-2030, 138–40
implications for innovation and
development policies, 159, 160–61
states of component variables, 132t–137t
Global warming. See Climate change
Glyphosate, 34b, 55
GMOs (genetically modified organisms). See
Transgenics
Governance
in adaptive mosaic scenario, 149, 152, 162
current situation, 127t
in global orchestration scenario, 138
in life as it is scenario, 145
in order from strength scenario, 142
by scenario (overview), 133t
in technogarden scenario, 154
as variable, 118t
Governance models, 178
Grassroots institutions, 198–99
Greenhouse gases (GHG), 202, 206. See also
Climate change
Green Revolution
access and, 171
as capital intensive, 30
cultural context and, 25–27
as development strategy, 12
impacts of, 59
main objective of, 51
“new,” 52
“second,” 92
H
Habitat destruction and fragmentation, 56–57,
172
  Health
agrochemicals, acute and chronic toxicity
due to, 60
biodiversity diminishment, impacts of, 60
climate change and, 25
environmental and food contamination,
effects of, 61
hormonal or endocrine effects of pesticides,
61–62
nutrition, impacts of production systems
on, 60–62
technological innovations to overcome
problems in, 173
transgenic foods, risks due to, 62, 203
Heavy metal contamination, 101
Herbicides, 34b, 55. See also Agrochemicals
Historical-cultural diversity, 45
Holistic approach, 170
Hotspots, 31b
Human capital
democratization and, 198
demographic bonus and, 204
pro-poor system agenda and, 92
strengthening capacities, 181
See also Knowledge
Human life, cost of, 62
Hunger and malnutrition
chronic, 16
food supply and, 4, 5f
See also Poverty
Hurricane Mitch, agroecological resistance to,
27b
Hurricanes, 25, 27b
I
ICTs. See Information and communication
technologies
IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation
on Agriculture), 81–82
Illiteracy, 14–15, 198
Impacts of AKST, evaluation of, 182
Impacts of production systems
economic, 62
environmental, 56–59
on health and nutrition, 60–62
social impacts, 59–60
Import substitution model, 12, 89
Indigenous local/place-based model, 49f
Indigenous peoples
cultural context, 25–26
knowledge of (See Knowledge, traditional/
indigenous)
land and territory, 195
political context, 22
Indigenous production system. See Traditional/
indigenous system
Industrial system. See Conventional/productivist
system
Infectious diseases
agriculture and, 26b
climate change and, 25
See also Epidemics
Information and communication technologies
(ICTs)
and access to financial services, 210
advances in, 106
as resource, 30
in technogarden scenario, 154
  Information dissemination mechanisms, 198
INIFAP (National Forestry, Agricultural and
Livestock Research Institute), 91, 101
Innovation policies and sustainable
development scenarios, 159–63. See also
Technological advances and innovation
In situ conservation, 102
In-Situ Cultivation of Cultivars and Wild
Relatives 2001-2005 project, 194
INTA (National Agriculture Technology
Institute), 85, 100, 101
Integrated pest management (IPM) practices},
173–74
Intellectual property rights (IPR), 179–80,
202–3
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IICA), 81–82
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), 205
International actions, 196
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
(CIAT), 83b
International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, 21b
International institutions, 80–82
International Maize and Wheat Improvement
Center (CIMMYT), 83b, 91
International Plant Protection Convention
(IPPC), 10
International Service for National Agricultural
Research (ISNAR), 83
International Treaty on Phytogenetic Resources
for Food and Agriculture, 10, 179
International Union for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants (UPOV), 10
Intoxications, chronic, 61
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change), 205
IPM (integrated pest management) practices,
173–74
IPPC (International Plant Protection
Convention), 10
IPR (intellectual property rights), 179–80,
202–3
Irrigation systems, 101
ISNAR (International Service for National
Agricultural Research), 83
J
Jomtien Conference, 181
K
Kennedy, John F., 12
Knowledge
advances in (See Knowledge advances)
conventional knowledge and IAASTD goals,
171
institutional knowledge-sharing
mechanisms, 176–77
knowledge and innovation systems, AKST
impact on, 106–7
local technological knowledge systems, 89
mechanistic vision, 47f
networks, 87–89, 178
sharing initiatives, 176–77
status of, 45–48
Knowledge, traditional/indigenous
in adaptive mosaic scenario, 152