Further to Luigi’s trend-setting (and spotting) piece positing that an economic downturn could mean an upturn for agricultural biodiversity, I note from our friend Danny Hunter’s blog that LEISA is asking its local partners a couple of germane questions:
What are the effects of the global economic crisis that you see in your own environment, at the level of target groups (e.g. food prices, changes in agriculture, availability of credit, etc…)?
Does it affect the functioning of your own organisations or networks? How?
Answers are coming in, and LEISA is continuing the discussion on an open forum. Anyone care to fillet the answers for agrobiodiversity-specific information?