CBPAR: Training for Change via Crop Biodiversity

PAR is pleased to announce the launch of our new International university course in collaboration with the Bioversity-CIAT Alliance and Sapienza University. We are currently seeking donors and partners to make this course a reality. Please contact Devra at devra.jarvis@agrobiodiversityplatform.org for more information.

Textbook

Based on twenty years of global research, the comprehensive textbook: “Crop Genetic Diversity in the Field and on the Farm: Principles and Applications in Research Practices”, Yale University Press (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300161120 /crop-genetic-diversity-field-and-farm), provides the basis of a revised semester curriculum that places farmer-managed crop biodiversity squarely in the center of the science needed to feed the world, and restore health to our productive landscapes. Bringing together the fields of ecology, agronomy, crop breeding, genetics, anthropology, sociology, economics and policy the text book provides theory and tools for identifying ways of supporting farmers to maintain, use and benefit from the crop genetic diversity in their agricultural production systems. 

Donate now by contacting Devra at devra.jarvis@agrobiodiversityplatform.org.