Protocol for the Agricultural Biodiversity (ABD) Assessment in Ghana

The biodiversity of plant and animal species both domesticated and wild used for food by humans (referred to here as agricultural biodiversity—ABD) is one of the most important assets for rural households, particularly for the poor in marginal areas such as the drylands of the developing world. A contribution of Bioversity International to the Dryland Systems CGIAR Research Programme (CRP) [http://drylandsystems.cgiar.org/] has been to examine systematically the diversity of these species in CRP target sites in Mali, Ghana, Malawi and India. Bioversity and partners have carried out a set of Agricultural Biodiversity Assessments in these countries. In the case of Ghana, the selected sites include three villages in the Wa region: Bompari, Gbelinkaa, Yagtuur. Here we present the protocols used for collecting the data from Ghana.供人类食用的驯化与野生动植物物种的生物多样性（本文中称之为农业生物多样性（agricultural biodiversity，ABD）），是农村家庭尤其是发展中国家旱地等边缘地区贫困群体最为重要的生计资产之一。国际生物多样性联盟（Bioversity International）为国际农业研究磋商小组（CGIAR）旱地系统研究计划（Dryland Systems CGIAR Research Programme，CRP）[http://drylandsystems.cgiar.org/] 作出的一项贡献，便是系统调研马里、加纳、马拉维与印度CRP试点站点内的该类物种多样性。国际生物多样性联盟及其合作伙伴已在上述四国开展了一系列农业生物多样性评估工作。就加纳而言，选定的调研站点包括瓦区（Wa region）的三个村落：邦帕里（Bompari）、格宾卡（Gbelinkaa）与亚格图尔（Yagtuur）。本文将详述在加纳开展数据采集所采用的规程。