Biodiversity Conservation and Development

Brief history of biodiversity conservation; Concepts in agro-diversity; Role of agro-diversity conservation in food security and environmental stability; Management and conservation of agro-biodiversity at farm level; Assessing the threat of genetic erosion; Germplasm exploration, collection and documentation; Strategies for in situ conservation of crop genetic resources; Achieving institutional cooperation and implementation of sustainable development plans and strategies; national and international policies into action plans