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

Published on 19th 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."

 

Remi and Catherine Kahane in their garden in Montpelier prior to the start of the GlobalHort adventure.
 

 

Click here for an interview with Remi on his departure.

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