Preserving Biodiversity Through the Peanut CRSP

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Preserving Biodiversity Through the Peanut CRSP

• J H Tim Williams
• University of Georgia

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PCRSP approach to Biodiversity

• Biod preservation needs
• Value associated with biod to justify management
• Value greater than the opportunity cost of
  alternatives
• Alternate economic/social development.
• Peanut biodiversity has value to peanut industry
• Technologies that minimize use of chemicals have
  environmental and biod benefits
• BioD is both preserved and challenged by
  development
• Poverty associated risks to biodiversity.

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• Direct CRSP Biod Interests
• Restricted to peanut wild species preservation,
  conservation, description
• Indirect Biod Benefits
• Incentive to destroy decreased by alternate
  economic opportunity
• Lower chemical utilization IPM
• Lower fossil fuel utilization
• Less land clearing

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History

• Biodiversity has been secondary objective.
• Using and preserving Arachis diversity
• Collection, description, and evaluation
• Introgression of useful genes
• IPM
• Economic development
• Belize Case Study

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Present

• Economic development in critical areas
• Guyana
• Bolivia
• Philippines
• IPM
• Global
• Biodiversity description
• Genomics

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Guyana Case Study

• Socio Environmental Baseline
• Population, Industry, Opportunity
• Changes since 2001
• Production
• Economics
• Earnings
• Employment
• Environment

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Baseline
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In 5 years in Guyana

• Production
• Economy
• Employment
• Nutrition

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Production
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Economic
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Employment
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Nutrition
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PCRSP IPM

• Global Scope (genetics and husbandry)
• Ghana
• Soap based fungicides
• Value to local oil-trees and wood ash
• Economic benefits of greater production
• Erosion
• Insecticides
• USA
• Reduced chemicals
• Reduced energy use

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Peanut Biodiversity

• Biodiversity description
• evaluation
• genomics
• Exploitation
• Nematode resistant lines
• Productivity maintained
• Chemicals avoided

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Missed and Potential Opportunities

• Aflatoxin in Brazil Nuts
• Peanut Pastures and Recreational Use
• Urban chemical
• Wild-life nutrition
• Global warming
• Bio-diesel
• Forest preservation
• Nitrogen fixation