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Taking HeForShe to the farm
In an opinion piece for Huffington Post, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security's Director Bruce Campbell highlights Bioversity International's gender-sensitive research in Colombia.
In an opinion piece for Huffington Post, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security's Director Bruce Campbell reminds us that gender…
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Análisis de proceso de biofortificación de variedades de fríjol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) andino de tipo comercial "Calima" en Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67278
Abstract
Las deficiencias nutricionales de Fe y Zn son consideradas importantes problemas de salud pública. La biofortificación de cultivos como el fríjol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) es propuesta como alternativa para combatir estas deficiencias nutricionales. Las líneas avanzadas de fríjol…
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Agriculture is not gender neutral says Bioversity International Director General
In light of the ‘Closing the gender gap in farming under climate change’ seminar, Future Earth interviews M. Ann Tutwiler about why it is important to turn knowledge into action.
Last week in Paris, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Future Earth and the International Social Science…
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Problem-based learning to sustain future forests
David Boshier and Judy Loo, editors of the Forest Genetic Resources Training Guide, invite university lecturers and students to put knowledge on forest genetic resources into action.
David Boshier, Senior Research Associate at University of Oxford and Bioversity International Honorary Research Associate, and Judy Loo, Forest Genetic Resources Scientist at…
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Plant genetic resources for climate change adaptation – new MSc course
A new MSc course in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security includes lectures contributed by Bioversity International scientist, Danny Hunter, on the importance of agricultural biodiversity and genetic resources in coping with climate change.
A new MSc course in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security includes lectures…
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Authors of a new paper promote the nutritional value of forest foods in Cameroon
A recently published paper documents the nutritional composition and value of foods obtained from forest trees – ‘moabi’ fruits and oil, ‘Mvout’ fruits and the seeds of ‘ebaye’ and calls for their increased consumption.
A recently published paper documents the nutritional composition and value of foods obtained from…
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Lack of strong science in Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)
A paper published in Science this month reveals that an alarmingly small number of payment for ecosystem service schemes around the world are based on good science. Scientists advise a checklist of information you need to know before going ahead.
An article published in Science today reveals that 60% of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)…
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Putting agricultural biodiversity back on the nutrition agenda
At last week's 2nd International Congress Hidden Hunger in Stuttgart, Dr. Stephan Weise, Deputy Director General - Research gave a presentation on how agricultural biodiversity contributes to healthy lives and healthy landscapes, while Dr. Gudrun Keding won a poster award on fruit consumption and production.
Around 350 participants gathered in…
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Ethiopian student awarded Borlaug LEAP Fellowship to research wild coffee
Wild coffee in Ethiopia is threatened and earlier conservation efforts show mixed results. Mr Kassahun Kelifa, an Ethiopian PhD student, has been awarded the Borlaug LEAP fellowship to study the complex governance of land where wild coffee grows.
By Per Rudebjer, Head (ad interim) and Ewa Hermanowicz, Programme Assistant, …
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iButtons to the rescue − improving drought response in Guatemala
Guatemala newspaper (in Spanish) features iButton weather sensors adapted by Bioversity International as part of the government’s plan to reduce vulnerability of agriculture to drought.
Guatemala newspaper (in Spanish) features iButton weather sensors adapted by Bioversity International as part of the government’s plan to reduce…
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New paper on rice seed networks in Nepal
A new open access paper gives us a better understanding of informal seed networks in Nepal and the farmers who are most important for safeguarding and spreading the use of biodiversity.
Over 90% of farmers in Nepal rely on informal seed networks for their seed supply. As a country where rice is a major staple, the continuous exchange and trade of rice varieties is…
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New disease-resistant banana variety accepted in Japanese market
In the Philippines, a banana variety resistant to Fusarium wilt is now being exported to the Japanese market, offering new income opportunities for smallholder farmers whose farms had been affected by the disease.
Good news in the fight against the deadly banana disease Fusarium wilt, comes from the Philippines.
A banana variety known as…
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Girls crossing the desert - a reflection of an agricultural researcher
On International Women's Day 2015, Jacob van Etten, agricultural researcher with Bioversity International who is based in Central America, reflects on the sudden surge of child migrants and especially young girls from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, who risk their lives to reach the United States.
On International Women´s Day 2015,…
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A gender perspective on landscapes in the Zambian flood plain
Bioversity International and partner organization researchers working in the Barotse Hub in Zambia celebrate International Women's Day and write about an innovative project.
Blog by Natalia Estrada-Carmona, Simon Attwood, Roseline Remans and Fabrice DeClerck
Women play a range of important roles in agricultural landscapes, engaging in many…
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Success through unity: a women’s collective uses the potential of forest products
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Bioversity International scientists Marlène Elias and Riina Jalonen and researcher Narasimha Hegde from LIFE Trust, interviewed Ms Nagaveni Hegde, leader of the recently formed Matrabhoomi Women’s Group.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Bioversity International…
