Johannes Timaeus

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Do you would include organisms arising from hybrid breeding (e.g. CMS) and genetic engineering into biodiversity?

We recently had a discussion in the German society for conservation of crop plants (www.nutzpflanzenvielfalt.de) about what should be included into biodiversity. The breeding industry seems to...

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Are hybrid varieties of crop plants really so problematic especially with respect to organic agriculture?

Hybrid crop varieties are often criticized by environmental NGOs (e.g. Navdanya in India; Arche Noah in Austria) for various reasons: seed to seed propagation is problematic; hybrids have high...

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What insights can the life world concept provide on topics such as environmental issues, de-growth and sustainability?

The concept of the life world was introduced by Alfred Schütz into social sciences. Some aspects of this concept are (as I understand it): 1) everyday life is based on a range of taken for granted...

01 January 2014 7,364 5 View

Dehybridization of hybrid crop plant varieties: Do you have experiences and literature hints?

There are some breeders practicing dehybridization of hybrid plant varieties. Yet there is not much out there on the success of these attempts. I would be greatefull for any experience (did it...

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