The M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation’s Community Agrobiodiversity Centre is working with the mission of biodiversity-compatible agricultural innovations for ecologically responsible local development models. The Centre designs and implements its projects and activities by balancing both science-based evidence and traditional knowledge in the sustainable use of biological resources in the global biodiversity hotspot of the Western Ghats in partnership with the local community leaders and their representative institutions. The Centre’s work impacted significantly in achieving steady progress in localization of the SDGs 1, 2, 13, and 15 by many of the elected Local Self Governments in Kerala. The Centre is actively engaged in the strengthening 2021-2030 decadal eco-restoration campaigns in the state.
