Agricultural Biodiversity Assessments in dryland systems of Ghana, India, Malawi, Mali and Niger: an overview of the framework, methods and datasets

The Agricultural Biodiversity Assessment is a methodology that combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess the biodiversity of plant and animal species both domesticated and wild used for food by human populations in specific locations. In the context of the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Production Systems and with its support, Bioversity International and partners carried out a series of Assessments in selected sites of Ghana, India, Malawi, Mali and Niger. As a result several datasets have been produced. This document provides a background and an overview of the data that have been collected. It offers the conceptual framework that guided its design, the context in which the Assessment was carried out, and a short description of the protocols and methods used, as well as a link to the documents and datasets.

农业生物多样性评估（Agricultural Biodiversity Assessment）是一套融合定性与定量研究方法的标准化方法论框架，用于对特定区域内人类用于食用的驯化及野生动植物物种的生物多样性开展系统性评估。本工作依托国际农业研究磋商小组（CGIAR）旱地生产系统研究计划并获得其资助支持，由生物多样性国际（Bioversity International）及其合作机构在加纳、印度、马拉维、马里及尼日尔的选定试点区域开展了一系列评估工作，最终生成多份相关数据集。本文件旨在对已采集的相关数据进行背景梳理与整体概述，内容涵盖指导本次评估设计的概念框架、评估开展的现实背景、所用操作规程与研究方法的简要说明，同时附带相关文档及数据集的获取链接。