Diversity for well-being: making the most of agricultural biodiversity. IPGRI's new strategic directions
2004
The purpose of IPGRI's work is to ensure that individuals and institutions are able to make optimal use of agricultural biodiversity to meet the current and future development needs of people and societies. To achieve this purpose, and in support of its mission, IPGRI will carry out a range of activities to meet six broad objectives. (1) Demonstrating the benefits: demonstrating the social, economic and environmental benefits of agricultural biodiversity; (2) Biodiversity for income and food security: ensuring that agricultural biodiversity is conserved, characterized andused to improve productivity; (3) Researching agricultural biodiversity: generating knowledge about agricultural biodiversity through research and making such knowledge available; (4) Enabling and empowering: developing human and institutional capacity to conserve and make effective and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity; (5) Supportive policies: analyzing policies and fostering an environment that supports the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity; and (6) Getting the word out: raising awareness of the values of agricultural biodiversity and the importance of the conservation of genetic resources
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