This biodiversity assessment has three interlinked objectives: · To summarize the status of biodiversity and its conservation in Central Asia. Specifically, it analyzes threats, identifies opportunities, and makes recommendations for the improved conservation of biodiversity. This information will help USAID and other organizations and individuals, as appropriate, make decisions related
AVRDC, the only international research center working exclusively on vegetable crops, continues its efforts to make sure that nutritious vegetables can be accessible to the poor in the developing world through its scientific endeavors.
AVRDC is the only international institute dedicated to vegetable research and development in the tropics and subtropics. Our mission is to enhance the nutritional well-being of people and raise the incomes of farmers in the target zones through improvement of key vegetables and their cultivation technologies.
AVRDC’s mission is to enhance the nutritional wellbeing and raise the incomes of poor people in the rural and urban areas of developing countries through improved methods of vegetable production, marketing and distribution, which take into account the need to preserve the quality of the environment.
