Labaf
Labaf, short for Laboratory for Applied Food and Biodiversity, is a fictional international research alliance created to illustrate the structure and aims of a global scientific consortium focused on agriculture and the food system. The organization is described as pursuing sustainable farming, protection of crop and livestock biodiversity, and resilience to climate change through collaborative science, policy analysis, and capacity building.
According to the fictional account, Labaf was established in 2012 by a group of research institutes, universities,
Funding in the imagined model comes from member-state contributions, foundations, and competitive grants. The Secretariat hosts
Representative programs in the fictional Labaf include a Resilient Crops Initiative, a Biodiversity for Healthy Soils
Notes: Labaf is not a real organization; this article uses a hypothetical entity to exemplify how a