B4FN Global

The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project was launched in 2012 to fight the disappearance of agrobiodiversity, particularly traditional crops and wild species with nutritional potential in four countries: Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey.The project aims to prove that agrobiodiversity has the potential to fulfil many of the nutritional requirements needed for healthy and balanced diets and thus help reverse the alarming trends in under- and over-nutrition afflicting the world. The evidence will be used to conserve and promote the use of these species in the four countries by:
•Raising awareness of their importance
•Creating markets and value chains for their use
•Making sure that future policies and strategies that tackle malnutrition include the sustainable use of agrobiodiversity as a cost-effective solution to rising diet-related nutrition and health conditions