Spreading the benefits of agricultural biodiversity in a drought-hit region of northern India

Sharing the benefits of agricultural biodiversity can sometimes mean bringing back or introducing new crop varieties in diversity-poor regions to help farmers improve food security and cope with the effects of climate change. The International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources’ benefit-sharing Fund has provided nearly 300,000 dollars of assistance for such a project assisting poor farmers in the north Indian region of Uttar Pradesh.

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