<p>The selection of this national target because it focuses on the maintenance of genetic diversity of cultivated plants and domesticated animals and of their wild relatives in decline. Such maintenance is critical to sustain food security and to ensure resilient agricultural system that adapts to climate change. The target cares for taking actions for developing seed banks, increasing protection and decreasing threats to wild crop relatives, promoting diversified agriculture and domesticated animals, implementing legislation, policies and plans that safeguard genetic diversity and avoid genetic erosion, building resilient systems adapting to changing climate. Key challenges include mapping of genetic resources, their reduction trends, infrequent cultivation of genetic diversity for climate resilience,</p>