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(ISSN: 2564-4653; CODEN: AAGGCI; DOI: 10.33002/aa) is an international, scientific double blind peer-reviewed open access journal published half-yearly (in June and December) online by The Grassroots Institute in partnership with University of Lucian Blaga of Sibiu (Romania) and Fondacija Alica (Bosnia & Herzegovina).
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD |
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Dr. Johannes Engels Honorary Research Fellow Alliance of the Biodiversity International and CIAT Via di San Domenico, 1 00153 - Rome Country: ITALY Email: j.engels@cgiar.org Tel: +39.0578.298599 Expert Areas: Plant Genetic Resources; Genebank and Conservation Management; Plant Breeding; Genetics; PGRFA Policy; Cacao; Global Conservation System Weblinks: |
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Prof. Dr. Pramod W. Ramteke Emeritus Professor Department of Biotechnology Dr. Ambedkar College Deekshabhoomi Nagpur – 440 010 Country: INDIA Email: pwramteke@gmail.com, pwramteke@yahoo.com, pwramteke.178@rediffmail.com Tel: +91-7651805845; 9415124985 Expert Areas: Environmental Biotechnology; Environmental Microbiology; Agricultural Biotechnology Weblinks: |
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF |
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Prof. Dr. Habil. Maria-Mihaela Antofie Full Professor & Director Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences & Environmental Protection Faculty for Agricultural Sciences, Food Industry and Environmental Protection University "Lucian Blaga" from Sibiu 5-7 Dr. Ioan Ratiu Str. Sibiu 550012 & National Focal Point, SBSTTA, CBD: https://www.cbd.int/countries/nfp/?country=ro & IPBES MEP: https://ipbes.net/multidisciplinary-expert-panel Country: ROMANIA Email: mihaela.antofie@ulbsibiu.ro Tel: +40-(269) 21.13.38 Expert Areas: Agrobiodiversity; Agroecology; Plant Genetic Resources; Biotechnology Weblinks: |
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DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF |
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Prof. Dr. Gordana Đurić Professor, Faculty of Agriculture Coordinator, Working Group for Plant Genetic Resources Coordinator, Sub-Working Group for Fruits and Vitis University of Banja Luka Bulevarvojvode Petra Bojovića 1A, 78000 Banja Luka Republika Srpska Country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Email: gordana.djuric@agro.unibl.org; gordana.djuric@igr.unibl.org Tel: +387-51330933, 65520139 Expert Areas: Horticulture, Fruit Crops; Plant Genetic Resources; Agrobiodiversity; Agroecology Weblinks: |
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TECHNICAL & MANAGING EDITOR |
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Dr. Hasrat Arjjumend Senior Fellow Centre for International Sustainable Development Law & Founder President The Grassroots Institute 548 Jean Talon Ouest Montreal, H3N 1R5 Country: CANADA/INDIA Email: harjjumend@gmail.com , director@grassrootsinstitute.net , president@grassrootsinstitute.net , editor@grassrootsjournals.org Tel: +1 438 9387786, +91 9868993710 Expert Areas: Governance of Natural Resources; Biodiversity Law and Governance; CBD/Nagoya Protocol and National ABS Laws in Various Countries; Resource Rights of Indigenous People; Customary Law & Indigenous Rights; Rangelands and Common Property Resources; ICCAs; Agroecology; Agrarian Laws of Microbial Products; Wetlands Conservation; Rights of Indigenous People; Land Rights; Agrobiodiversity Conservation; Forest Stewardship and Parks-People Interface; Community Institutions & Local Governance; Natural Resource Management; Participatory Rural Development; Environmental Issues Weblinks: https://grassrootsinstitute.net/hasrat_ https://www.cisdl.org/team/dr-hasrat-arjjumend/ https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=6D-2gdUAAAAJ&hl=en https://glp.earth/users/hasrat-arjjumend https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hasrat-Arjjumend |
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SCIENTIFIC EDITORIAL BOARD |
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Dr. M. Ehsan Dulloo Principal Scientist & Team Leader Agrobiodiversity Production System Team Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture Lever Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT Africa – Mauritius 42, Swami Sivananda Street Rose-Hill Country: MAURITIUS Email: e.dulloo@cgiar.org Tel: +230-5936044 Expert Areas: Sustainable Agriculture; Conservation and Restoration; Ecology-Species Interactions and Interrelationships Weblinks: |
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Dr. Divéky-Ertsey Anna Associate Professor Department of Agroecology and Ecological Management Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Buda Campus Villányi út 29-43 1118 Budapest Country: HUNGARY Email: diveky-ertsey.anna@uni-mate.hu Tel: +36 1 375 6014 Expert Areas: Organic Horticultural Crop; Organic Seed Production; Sustainability in Horticultural Production; Organic Farming; Mixed Culture in Organic Farming; Biodynamic Farming; Legume Plants in Hungarian Agriculture Weblinks: |
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Dr. Charito (Chito) Medina Consultant and Founding Member MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura) 2611 Ilang-Ilang St, Carbern Village Anos, Los Banos, Laguna 4030 Country: PHILIPPINES Email: chito.medina197@gmail.com, charito.medina@dlsu.edu.ph Tel: +63-917-544-2196 Expert Areas: Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems; Agroecology; Conservation and Restoration; Ecology-Species Interactions and Dynamics; Climate Change Resilience; Natural Resources Management; Participatory Research and People-Led Development Weblinks: |
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Normita G. Ignacio Executive Director Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE) 14D Maalalahanin Teachers Village West, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Country: PHILIPPINES Email: nori_ignacio@searice.org.ph Tel: +632 8922 6710 Expert Areas: Sustainable Agriculture; Agrobiodiversity; Agroecology; Farmers’ Seed Systems, Participatory Action Research, Farmers’ Rights Weblinks: |
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Dr. Bal Krishna Joshi Senior Scientist (Plant Genetics and Breeding) NAGRC (National Gene Bank) Nepal Agricultural Research Council Khumaltar, PO Box 3055 Kathmandu Country: NEPAL Email: joshibalak@yahoo.com, bk.joshi@narc.gov.np Tel: +977 1 527 5131 Expert Areas: Plant Breeding; Agrobiodiversity; Biotechnology; Statistics; Natural Resources Management; Agroecology; Climate Change Weblinks: |
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Prof. Dr. Alipio Canahua Murillo Agricultural & Rural Development Specialist Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) – Peru & Professor, Graduate School of the National University of the Altiplano Av. Simón Bolivar 2283 Puno Country: PERU Email: alipiocanahua@gmail.com Tel: +51 950658065 Expert Areas: Plant Breeding; Agrobiodiversity; Biotechnology; Andean Agricultural Systems; Natural Resources Management; Agroecology and Climate Change Weblinks: |
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Prof. Dr. Yiching Song Professor & Programme Leader UN Environment Programme-International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP- IEMP) c/o Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 11A, Datun Road Chaoyang District Beijing 100101 Country: PEOPLE′S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Email: songyc.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn Tel: +86-10-64889834 Expert Areas: Healthy Food Systems; Participatory Action Research; Policy Analysis; Farmer Seeds Network in China; Farmer Seed Systems; Community Based Seeds; Heber Medicine; Climate Change Adaptation Weblinks: |
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Dr. Mirela Kajkut Zeljković Assistant Professor & Scientific Associate Institute of Genetic Resources University of Banja Luka Bulevar vojvode Petra Bojovica 1A 78000, Banja Luka Republic of Srpska Country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Email: mirela.kajkut@igr.unibl.org Tel: +38765052542 Expert Areas: Conservation of Genetic Resources; Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology Weblinks: |
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Dr. Adrijana Filipović, DSc Associate Professor & Vice Dean for International Cooperation and Science Faculty of Agriculture and Food Technology University of Mostar Biskupa Čule bb 88000 Mostar Country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Email: adrijana.filipovic@aptf.sum.ba Tel: 00387 63 355 000 Expert Areas: Plant Physiology; Plant Nutrition; Ecophisiology; Abiotic Stress; Fertilization Weblinks: |
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Dr. Danijela Petrović Associate Professor Faculty of Agriculture and Food Technology University of Mostar Biskupa Čule bb 88000 Mostar Country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Email: danijela.petrovic@aptf.sum.ba Tel: 0038736337100 Expert Areas: Agroecology and Environmental Protection; Plant Ecology;Nature Protection;Medicinal and Aromatic Plants;Allergenic Plants Weblinks: |
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Prof. Dr. Sonja Ivanovska Full Professor Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje Blvd. Aleksandar Makedonski bb 1000 Skopje Country: NORTH MACEDONIA Email: s_ivanovska@yahoo.com, s.ivanovska@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Tel: +389 70 355 566 Expert Areas: Genetics and Plant Breeding; Conservation and Sustainable Use of Crop Genetic Resources Weblinks: |
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Prof. Dr. Milan Mataruga Full Professor Faculty of Forestry University of Banja Luka Vojvode Stepe Stepanovića, 75a 78000, Banja Luka Republika Srpska Country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Email: milan.mataruga@sf.unibl.org Tel: +387 (0) 51 46 05 50 Expert Areas: Forest Genetic Resources; Climate Change; Production of Forest Reproductive Material; Establishment of New Forests and Plantations; Agroecological Systems Weblinks: |
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Dr. habil. Camelia Sava Professor & Dean Faculty for Agricultural Sciences, Food Industry and Environmental Protection University "Lucian Blaga" from Sibiu 5-7 Dr. Ioan Ratiu Str. Sibiu 550012 Country: ROMANIA Email: camelia.sava@ulbsibiu.ro Tel: +40-(269) 211338 Expert Areas: Agrobiodiversity; Biotechnology; Plant Physiology; Plant Genetic Resources; Higher Education Management Weblinks: |
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Maedeh Salimi Board Member & Program Manager Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA) No. 108, Azerbaijan Street Tehran Country: IRAN Email: maede@cenesta.org Tel: +989123547796 Expert Areas: Agroecology; Participatory Agricultural Research; Agricultural Heritage Systems; Evolutionary Plant Breeding; Weblinks: |
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Dr. Rhonda R. Janke Professor Emeritus Kansas State University College of Agriculture Manhattan Country: USA Email: rrjanke@ksu.edu Tel: +968 2414 1214 Expert Areas: Plant Ecology; Agronomy; Sustainable Agriculture; Organic Farming; Agroecosystems Weblinks: |
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Prof. Dr. habil. Aurel Maxim Professor & Deputy Director Department of Engineering & Environmental Protection University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Manastur Street, no. 3-5 400372, Cluj-Napoca Country: ROMANIA Email: aurel.maxim@usamvcluj.ro, maxim0067@yahoo.com Tel: +40-264-596385 Expert Areas: Agroecology; Conservation of Genetic Diversity of Horticultural Species; Ecology of Plants and Animal Parasites; Prognosis and Warning of Pest and Diseases of Fruit Trees, Grapes and Plant Crops; Producing the Virus Free Fruit-Growing Planting Stock Weblinks: |
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Dr. Mirela-Aurora Stanciu Associate Professor Department of Agricultural Sciences and Food Engineering Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Food Industry and Environmental Protection Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu 7-9 Ion Rațiu Street 550012 Sibiu Country: ROMANIA Email: mirela.caratus@ulbsibiu.ro Tel: +40 269/211338 Expert Areas: Animal Husbandry; Traditional Knowledge Systems; Bioresource Conservation and Management; Agrotourism; Rural tourism; Rural Livelihood Development Weblinks: |
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Dr. Wishfully Mylliemngap Scientist-B North-East Regional Centre G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE) (An Autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India) Chandranagar Itanagar-791113 Arunachal Pradesh Country: INDIA Email: wishm2015@gmail.com ;wishfully.m@gbpihed.nic.in Tel: +91 8258041867 Expert Areas: Forest Ecology and Biodiversity; Agrobiodiversity; Ethnobotany; Traditional Knowledge Systems; Bioresource Conservation and Management; Rural Livelihood Development Weblinks: |
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Dr. Olena Boika Associated Professor & Vice Dean Faculty of Biology Department of Genetics and Plant Resources Zaporizhzhia National University Zaporizhzhia Country: UKRAINE Email: olena.boika.ua@gmail.com ;olena.boika.ua@znu.edu.ua Tel: +380676129760 Expert Areas: Plant Morphology & Anatomy; Plant Physiology; Genetics; Ecology; Climate Change Weblinks: |
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