Practices, knowledge, and perceptions that hinder the preservation of agro-biodiversity. The la plata horticultural belt case, Argentina

Abstract

This work analyzed and compared management practices indicators that have effects on cultivated and uncultivated vegetation: factors impacting agrobiodiversity on greenhouse and outdoor production models corresponding to farmers from different ethnic origins in the horticultural belt of La Plata. We identified knowledge and perceptions regarding agrobiodiversity through in-depth interviews. We also observed that the farmers who adopted the greenhouse production system have a management and vision that tends to diminish agrobiodiversity compared to those that grow their crops outdoors. Out of these groups, those of Bolivian origin promote a greater agrobiodiversity in comparison with those of European origin.