CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Program

Vibrant, diverse and healthy landscapes that are managed holistically to support sustainable and diverse eco-agrifood systems, resilient livelihoods and healthy diets while remaining within planetary boundaries are envisioned through this program.  In this vision, landscapes are co-created and managed by diverse stakeholders, who co-design technological, socioecological and institutional innovations, engaged in policy processes, underpinned by inclusive governance and effective planning.

This will support feeding 9.8 billion people by 2050 sustainably, stopping biodiversity loss of 34% of plant and 48% of animal species and attaining $125-140 trillion in yearly economic benefits. The challenges that will be addressed are;

• Unsustainable global food production and consumption patterns for a growing population. 
• Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss which already account for 80% of deforestation and two-thirds of ocean pollution, while degrading 85% of wetlands and threatening more than a million plant and animal species with extinction.