This is a critical moment for biodiversity. The “interlocking crises of biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and climate change amounts to the greatest market failure of all time”, as remarked by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema - Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).  It is evident that there is...

An article published in the journal Nature Food highlights the findings of The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agricultureand notes the urgent need to address the loss of ecosystems, species and intraspecific genetic diversity in the interests of sustainable agriculture, food security...

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La biodiversité pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture désigne la diversité aux niveaux génétique, spécifique et écosystémique des plantes, des animaux et des microorganismes qui vivent au sein et autour des systèmes de production agricole, animale, forestière et aquatique. Elle est indispensable aux moyens d’existence, à la sécurité alimentaire et à la...

December 2-4, 2019   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   FAO has recently published its report on The State of the World’s Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.  This report identified a number important needs and challenges in the conservation, sustainanable use and development of aquatic genetic resources (AqGR)....