IRRI Director General Jean Balié and Deputy Director General for Strategy, Engagement, and Impact, Joanna Kane-Potaka recently met with ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) Executive Director Theresa Mundita Lim to lay the groundwork for more active partnerships toward the promotion of agrobiodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia Region.
The genetic diversity of animals, plants, and microorganisms used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture is critical to nutrition security, ecosystem service provision, and the resilience of agroecosystems. However, the ASEAN region continues to lose agrobiodiversity and associated traditional knowledge at an alarming rate.
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