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Bioversity International et CIAT confirment leur engagement à former une Alliance
Communiqué n.2 – Bioversity International et le Centre International pour l’Agriculture Tropicale (CIAT) souhaitent s’associer dans une Alliance pour le développement de systèmes agricoles et alimentaires durables et résilients.
Les dirigeants de Bioversity International et du CIAT sont heureux de confirmer leur engagement à…
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Busia, first county in Kenya to endorse a Biodiversity Conservation Policy
Eliot Gee
Busia has become the first of Kenya’s 47 counties to endorse a Biodiversity Conservation Policy. Emphasizing the economic and nutritional potential of underutilized crops, this policy represents the culmination of Bioversity International’s efforts bringing together farmers, public stakeholders, researchers, and government…
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Disrupting agricultural and tree biodiversity science – a review of Bioversity International’s 2017
On the International Day of Biological Diversity, which in 2018 marks 25 years of action for biodiversity, our Director General, Ann Tutwiler is proud to launch Bioversity International’s 2017 Annual Report, which celebrates our science, our partners and how agrobiodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet…
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Testing farmers evolutionary plant breeding strategies for coping with climate change
Bioversity International and IFAD are pleased to announce an IFAD grant of $3.5 million and national co-funding of $2.1 million, on the use of genetic diversity and evolutionary plant breeding for enhanced farmer resilience to climate change, sustainable crop productivity and nutrition under rainfed conditions in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East…
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A toast to cocoa diversity
In celebration of the International Day of Biological Diversity, we invited Richard Scobey, President of the World Cocoa Foundation, a Bioversity International partner, to share his thoughts on the challenges facing the cocoa value chain, from cocoa producers to consumers, and explain how the private sector can support the use of greater cocoa diversity to help meet those challenges.…
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Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut
Effective value chains can increase the presence of a crop in markets and enable farmers to earn reliable incomes, which encourages continued production and supply. Gaia Lochetti, Research Fellow, 'Healthy diets from Sustainable Food Systems' research initiative, reports from Mali where she took part in stakeholder meetings about…
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Women at the helm of change – one-on-one with the Kyanika Adult Women Group
Kyanika Adult Women Group has been a significant stakeholder in Bioversity International’s work in Kitui region, Kenya, for almost two decades. Irene Induli, Communications Officer at Bioversity International’s Kenya office, caught up with the leadership of the group and sought their views on Bioversity International’s engagement with them, the achievements…
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Workshop on data management in agriculture
PhenoHarmonIS workshop 2018, organized by Bioversity International and partners, on harmonization of data for plants will take place on 14-18 May in Montpellier and can be followed online.
The objective of the workshop is to identify ways of adopting best practices for producing quality data in agriculture that can be used to provide relevant information…
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Uniting efforts to enhance the use of neglected Mayan superfood chaya
Rose Robitaille, Research Fellow, Healthy diets from sustainable food systems, discusses the potential of chaya, an underutilized Mayan spinach, and reports on the Chaya Conference held this March in Guatemala City.
It’s 8:30 on Tuesday morning, 13 March 2018, on the verdant campus of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City…
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Inyectando diversidad para reforzar la inmunidad al cambio climático y a la inseguridad alimentaria
El científico senior de Bioversity International Stefano Padulosi y el economista principal Adam Drucker informan sobre el éxito de la primera edición de Pago por Servicios de Conservación de Agrobiodiversidad para promover la diversidad del frijol en América Central.
La biodiversidad agrícola es esencial para…
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Injecting diversity to bolster immunity to climate change and food insecurity
Bioversity International’s Senior Scientist Stefano Padulosi and Principal Economist Adam Drucker report on the success of the first edition of Payment for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services to promote bean diversity in Central America.
Agricultural biodiversity is essential for our survival and well-being. Much like the way…
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How to develop and manage your own community seedbank
Ronnie Vernooy, Genetic Resources Policy Specialist, Bioversity International, reports on a new handbook for farmers who want to establish or strengthen community seedbanks.
What is a community seedbank?
Community seedbanks are mainly informal institutions, locally governed and managed, whose core function is to preserve seeds for local use. The farmers…
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The legacy of a life devoted to seed conservation
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Chin Hoong Fong earlier this month. Professor Chin is a former Member of the Board of Trustees of IBPGR (1987-1992), Honorary Fellow (1997-2018), and a beloved colleague and friend. He was 83 years old.
Professor Chin devoted his entire life to seed conservation, and to teaching and guiding…
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Bioversity International and CIAT explore opportunities to tackle food system challenges together
The leadership of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) are exploring a stronger strategic partnership that would advance our missions and enhance our impact.
Communiqué n.1
Finding ways to handle the complex and urgent issues of feeding the world sustainably,…
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On the 10th anniversary of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a call for conserving the rest of the world's food
This week Ann Tutwiler was privileged to join the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault where she presented on why the world also needs a backup collection for crops that cannot be conserved by seed. Read her blog.
This week Ann Tutwiler, Director General,…
