How Can Agrobiodiversity Help Safeguard Sustainable Food Systems?

Agrobiodiversity refers to both domesticated and wild species that contribute to food production. It helps increase the resilience of farmers’ livelihoods, improve people’s diets, manage landscapes more sustainably and safeguard crop breeding efforts into the future. This blog explores why increasing agrobiodiversity in diet, markets, production systems and genetic resources is key to developing sustainable food systems. The authors note that through embracing solutions that enhance the use and conservation of agrobiodiversity, food systems can be made more sustainable and deliver better food security and nutrition to people around the world.