The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research is an independent entity, which provides a new framework for interaction and collaboration between those working in different areas of agrobiodiversity research and share a common concern to maximize its contribution to human well-being. These include a wide range of stakeholders such as international agencies and institutions, networks, national research centers, universities, civil society organizations, private sector and individuals.
The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research aims to enhance the sustainable management and use of agrobiodiversity by improving knowledge of all its different aspects. The Platform  seeks to promote research and new research partnerships and to synthesize, mobilize and share research findings on the use and management of agrobiodiversity.
The Platform objectives are:

• To support the development of an adequate agrobiodiversity knowledge base through collating, synthesizing and disseminating agrobiodiversity knowledge, making available the relevant tools and practices that support improved use of agrobiodiversity, and identifying areas where information is lacking and new knowledge is needed.
• To identify ways in which agrobiodiversity can contribute to addressing some of the major global challenges faced today by making available the information and options that ensure the contribution of agrobiodiversity in these areas (e.g. environmental degradation, poverty alleviation, climate change, water quality and scarcity, and new global disease threats).
• To identify and facilitate relevant new and innovative research partnerships that strengthen multidisciplinary and participatory agrobiodiversity research, involve work on different agro-ecosystem components (such as livestock, crops, soils, pollinators etc.) and contribute to building agrobiodiversity research capacity, particularly in the developing regions.

Can agrobiodiversity help in coping with climate change?
Since April 2008, the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research has been engaged on the project "The use of agrobiodiversity to manage climate change – charting experiences from rural communities and indigenous peoples". Have a look at the flier to have more information on the project or visit the project’s Website.

For more information, visit the Platform's Website.