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Seed Systems in Mountainous Regions of 11 Tropical and Sub-Tropical Countries
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Originator:The Pennsylvania State University
Publication_Date:2023
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Seed Systems in Mountainous Regions of 11 Tropical and Sub-Tropical Countries
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e: “Global modeling of the socioeconomic-political and environmental relations of Farmer Seed Systems (FSS): spatial analysis and insights for sustainable development” Journal: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene (provisional acceptance 16 January 2023; publication information to be added following publication online) Authors: Karl S. Zimmerer; Professor, GeoSyntheSES Lab, Department of Geography, Programs in Rural Sociology and Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA MAK’IT Fellow, Univ Montpellier; AGAP, CIRAD; CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France, corresponding author, ksz2@psu.edu Steven J. Vanek; Research Scientist, Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Megan Dwyer Baumann; Affiliated Researcher, GeoSyntheSES Lab, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Jacob van Etten; Principal Scientist and Director of Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Parc scientifique Agropolis II, Montpellier, France
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Seed Systems in Mountainous Regions of 11 Tropical and Sub-Tropical Countries Accessible, high-quality seed is vital to sustainable development of food systems, land use, and agriculture. This studys purpose and methods are (1) provide a synthetic overview of major understanding, information, and concepts to date of Farmers Seed Systems (FSS) (2) design and evaluate a novel social and political ecological model of FSS using globally representative data from tropical and subtropical mountain areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America; (3) model and test FSS relations to socio-political and environmental factors including major food-crop types (rice, wheat, maize, potato, common bean) (4) generate new geographic and demographic estimates and (5) develop policy-relevant insights to strengthen FSS for justice-based sustainable development of agriculture, land use, and food systems.
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 “Global modeling of the socioeconomic-political and environmental 
relations of Farmer Seed Systems (FSS): spatial analysis and insights for sustainable 
development”
Journal: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene (provisional acceptance 16 January 2023; 
publication information to be added following publication online)
Authors: Karl S. Zimmerer; Professor, GeoSyntheSES Lab, Department of Geography, 
Programs in Rural Sociology and Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
MAK’IT Fellow, Univ Montpellier; AGAP, CIRAD; CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, 
EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France, corresponding author, ksz2@psu.edu
Steven J. Vanek; Research Scientist, Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State 
University, Fort Collins, CO
Megan Dwyer Baumann; Affiliated Researcher, GeoSyntheSES Lab, Department of 
Geography, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Jacob van Etten; Principal Scientist and Director of Digital Inclusion, Bioversity 
International, Parc scientifique Agropolis II, Montpellier, France
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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword:farming
Theme_Keyword:Farmers’ Seed Systems (FSS)
Theme_Keyword: informal seed systems
Theme_Keyword:local seed systems
Theme_Keyword:sustainable development
Theme_Keyword:social-ecological systems
Theme_Keyword:political ecology
Theme_Keyword:agrobiodiversity
Theme_Keyword:climate change
Theme_Keyword:COVID-19
Theme_Keyword: urbanization
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Contact_Person:Karl Zimmerer
Contact_Organization:Penn State
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State_or_Province:Pennsylvania
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ksz2@psu.edu
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Steven J. Vanek, steven.vanek@colostate.edu and 
stevanek4@gmail.com, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural 
Sciences, Colorado State University, USA
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