"CGIAR" Consultative GroupInternational Agricultural Research

Published purpose

The Biodiversity for Resilient Ecosystems in Agricultural Landscapes (B-REAL) project aims to conserve and restore biodiversity in intensively farmed, climate-stressed regions of Colombia, Kenya and Peru. The project integrates biodiversity practices into agriculture, involving women as producers and traditional knowledge holders in the co-design of intervention. It also promotes nutritious and underutilized local crops to improve farmers’ incomes. This funding is part of Canada’s commitment made at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in December 2022 in Montreal. It aligned with the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils, one of the Group of Seven (G7) Apulia Food Security Initiatives. Project activities include: (1) co-creating biodiversity interventions; (2) implementing technologies through demonstration plots, tree nurseries, community seed banks, and training programs; and (3) conducting gender-responsive market assessments and using market incentives for conservation.