Source: Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013, Cary Fowler, Charlotte
Lusty and Maria Vinje Dodson, and Global Crop Diversity Trust, "The Youth
Guide to Biodiversity" 1st Edition (Chapter 3) Youth and United Nations Global Alliance. Reproduced with permission.
Chapter 3. Verbatim.
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is a research and training center with the objective to sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems to ensure global food security and reduce poverty.
The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) works on increasing human well-being and reducing rural poverty through education, research and technical cooperation, promoting sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. One of its areas of work is improving coffee production systems.
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has the world’s largest genetic holdings of beans (over 35 000 materials), cassava (over 6 000), and tropical forages (over 21 000), obtained or collected from over 141 countries.
The International Potato Center (CIP) is a root and tuber research-for-development institution delivering sustainable solutions for the pressing global problem of hunger. It has a large gene bankof potato varieties and other root species.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) develops technologies and identifies practices to improve agricultural production. It is a major research institution for cassavas as well as other tropical fruits such as pineapples, acerolas, bananas, citrus fruit, papayas, mangos and passion fruit.
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