The seventh of our farmer stories as part of our Rio+20 series: ‘A fork in the Road’.


The seventh of our farmer stories as part of our Rio+20 series: ‘A fork in the Road’.

Theme leader, Bioversity International Forest Genetic Resources Programme, Judy Loo, discusses the importance of dealing with the problem of illegal logging and the environmental, ecological and social implications it can have on exporting and importin…

Bhutanese farmer Pema in the field. Credit: Ronnie Vernooy\Bioversity International
As our climate changes and our population grows, a critical research area in the quest for food and nutrition security and sustainability is agricultural and tree biodiversity, says the leader of a global research institute speaking at Rio+20.

Poor farmers in Uganda use agricultural biodiversity to protect themselves against pests and diseases, according to a recent paper published in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment (photo: CIAT/N. Palmer).