" Management, Development & Utilization of Various Crops Plants for Sustainable Food Availability" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle).
The National Research Institute of Indonesia, ICABIOGRAD, is working with farmers to implement sustainable ways for management, development and utilization of rice, maize, colocasia, sweet potato and cassava for ensuring sustainable food availability and improving income and nutrition. One of the priorities of this BSF project is to counter the lack of seeds for farmers through the dissemination of locally adapted biotic- and abiotic-resistant targeted varieties. The activities of the project have been developed based on the needs, challenges and preferences of the target population for the cultivation, conservation and utilization of the targeted crops, all of which were identified through a baseline survey conducted beforehand.