Diversity for Development Alliance publishes review article in Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Published on 19^th Apr 2013

Following the second international workshop for the promotion of agrobiodiversity through development opportunity crops, held at FAO, Rome, 10-11 January 2012, organized by GlobalHort and supported by GFAR, GlobalHort facilitated the resolutions coming out and agreed on by all participants collaborating in a Diversity for Development Alliance (D4D).  This Alliance has resulted in a review article that has been published in the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development.

Article title: Agrobiodiversity for food security, health and income
Authors: Remi Kahane, Toby Hodgkin, Hannah Jaenicke, Coosje Hoogendoorn, Michael Hermann, Dyno Keatinge, Jacqueline d'Arros Hughes, Stefano Padulosi and Norman Looney.

Remi Kahane, Executive Secretary of GlobalHort, 2007-2013

Remi Kahane served as Executive Secretary of GlobalHort since 2007 and has now returned to CIRAD as a member of Agreenium in France and Agrinatura in Europe.  He intends "to play an active role in GlobalHort as a CIRAD scientist and everlasting horticulturalist."

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