Inter-ministerial Ordinance 284/2018 lists and recognizes the nutritional and economic importance of 100 species of native Brazilian socio-biodiversity. Together with a new “Sociobiodiversity label”, the two instruments incentivize farmers to continue growing/managing and selling local species both via institutional procurement and alternative market channels

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. 2018. Inter-ministerial Ordinance 284/2018 lists and recognizes the nutritional and economic importance of 100 species of native Brazilian socio-biodiversity. Together with a new “Sociobiodiversity label”, the two instruments incentivize farmers to continue growing/managing and selling local species both via institutional procurement and alternative market channels. Reported in Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Annual Report 2018. Policy.