The significant contributions of rural people, particularly women, to the conservation and enhancement of agrobiodiversity remained unrecognized until only a few decades ago. Studies by Darwin, de Candolle, Vavilov, Harlan, Wellhausen and many others have shown a strong positive correlation between cultural diversity and genetic diversity, demonstrating the impact of human communities on the conservation and use of biodiversity. Agrobiodiversity is largely the result of human–nature interaction.