Despite its importance, little is known about the state of agrobiodiversity across the world. As a result, agrobiodiversity is often completely left out from dietary guidelines, agricultural and environmental policies, business strategies, biodiversity assessments and global monitoring efforts.

Improving access to data and knowledge on agrobiodiversity can trigger behaviour change and help reintroduce agrobiodiversity in our food systems to make them more sustainable. The Agrobiodiversity Index is an innovative tool that brings together data about the agrobiodiversity that people sell and eat, grow and conserve, and provides insights into food system functioning.

The Agrobiodiversity Index measures biodiversity across three domains usually disconnected: nutrition, agriculture and genetic resources. It is an action-oriented tool that identified policy and business levers, good practices and areas for improvements, risks and opportunities, to increase use and conservation of agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems. Further information on the Agrobiodiversity Index can be found in the website.