Photo with a story contest - Agrobiodiversity as roots of resilience
Agrobiodiversity - the variety of animals, plants, and microbes used for food and agriculture (FAO definition, 1999) is essential for food production, food security, and resilient food systems. Yet, it is difficult to capture: not only because it is dynamic and context-specific, but because data alone cannot tell the whole story.
- food systems
- Resilience and recovery
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Photo with a story contest - Agrobiodiversity as roots of resilience
Agrobiodiversity - the variety of animals, plants, and microbes used for food and agriculture (FAO definition, 1999) is essential for food production, food security, and resilient food systems. Yet, it is difficult to capture: not only because it is dynamic and context-specific, but because data alone cannot tell the whole story.
The Initiative
This global Photo With A Story Contest is an initiative of the Agrobiodiversity Index team at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and glocolearning, and developed in collaboration with the Agroecology Coalition, Act4Food, The Netherlands Food Partnership, The Nature Conservancy, Wageningen University & Research, Dan Saladino, the Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems Coalition and The Great Full.
Winning stories will receive awards and are planned to be exhibited during Biodiversity COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia (19–30 October 2026), NFP World Food Day in The Hague, The Netherlands (20 October 2026), World Food Forum in Rome, Italy (8–16 October 2026), and potential other international and local platforms.
Awarded submissions may also be considered for publication in international media outlets.