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Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in sustainable food systems: scientific foundations for an agrobiodiversity index [1]

This 200-page report  by Biodiversity International provides solid evidence that investments in agrobiodiversity also play a critical yet overlooked role in tackling wider global targets such as reducing poverty and malnutrition, reversing environmental degradation and combatting climate change. It demonstrates that agrobiodiversity can be a more mainstream approach to sustainable development

[2]Bioversity International launches first scientific review of agrobiodiversity's untapped potential to fight global challenges including climate change and malnutrition. The first comprehensive scientific analysis of how agrobiodiversity can make our vulnerable food system more resilient, sustainable and nutritious has been carried out by leading agrobiodiversity research centre Bioversity International. Released, the 200-page guide provides solid evidence that investments in agrobiodiversity also play a critical yet overlooked role in tackling wider global targets such as reducing poverty and malnutrition, reversing environmental degradation and combating climate change. It demonstrates that agrobiodiversity can be a more mainstream approach to sustainable development.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2017
Bioversity International [3]
Tags:
Agriculture [4], Biodiversity [5], Biodiversity Conservation [6], Food Security [7], Climate Change [8], Sustainable Development [9], India [10], Global [11], Ecosystem Services [12], Nutrition [13]
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