Climate change and agrobiodiversity: Strengthening adaptability
and resilience, facilitating adaptation and transition 28
January 2010 | News story Agrobiodiversity is already proving to
be important in helping rural communities and farmers throughout
the world adapt to climate change. Diversity (genetic, species
and ecosystem) in production systems can improve adaptability
and resilience and is an essential part of adaptation to
changing production conditions. The Platform for
Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) is compiling information on the
experiences of indigenous peoples and rural communities who are
using agrobiodiversity to adapt to changing conditions and
provide improved livelihood strategies. The responses from
indigenous and rural communities to change are being represented
on an interactive map, through which you can access the
individual stories and the information source. Some challenges
that have emerged include: - The need to ensure that there is
sufficient diversity within production systems to