Provide Evidence
Evidence will be generated demonstrating that agrobiodiversity can help promote healthy diets and strengthen livelihoods
Photo: Rosana Manólio Soares
Influence Policies
Policies, programs and markets are needed to support the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity with nutrition potential.
Photo: Camila Neves Soares Oliveira
Raise Awareness
Traditional knowledge and skills are preserved by collecting, sharing, and distributing local varieties through community initiatives
Photo: Chizuru Seki - Island Food Community of Pohnpei
Case Studies
Explore projects that are being successfully implemented around the world linking agricultural biodiversity to nutrition and market outcomes.
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About Us
Led by Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey, the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project aims to improve the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity for food and nutrition by providing evidence and raising awareness of the nutritional value of this diversity and its importance in food-based approaches to tackle malnutrition.
FROM THE FIELD
The Executive Secretary of the CBD on the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project
NEWS
Slow Food and FAO join forces
Date:23 May 2013 | » more
Crazy for Quinoa - Promoting quinoa varieties for better nutrition and livelihoods
Date:22 May 2013 | » more
Fruits of the Forest - The contribution of forests to sustainable diets
Date: 8 May 2013 | » more
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medecine offers free open-access Master's-level module: Programming for Nutrition Outcomes
Date: 2 Apr 2013 | » more
EVENTS
Cracking the nut 2013 - Sustainable sourcing for agricultural development
25-26 June 2013 - Dresden, Germany
International Conference on Econutrition
4-5 July 2013, Los Banos, Philippines
20th International Congress of Nutrition
15-20 Sept 2013 - Granada, Spain
Tropentag 2013
17-19 Sept 2013 - Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
THE BOOK
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