The Breadfruit Institute at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii was founded in 2002. The mission of the Breadfruit Institute is to promote the conservation and use of breadfruit for food and reforestation. The Institute is taking a leading role in the conservation of breadfruit diversity and ethnobotanical research documenting traditional uses and cultural practices involving breadfruit. The Breadfruit Institute is headed by Diane Ragone, PhD. The Institute manages the largest and most extensive breadfruit collection in the world. The collection contains more than 120 varieties from throughout the Pacific region, the Seychelles, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Breadfruit Institute is actively involved in programs to study and conserve breadfruit diversity. The Institute works with relevant partners to evaluate and distribute selected varieties from the collection in order to contribute to food security, sustainable agriculture, and crop diversity in the tropics. |
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