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For the love of chocolate
Last week saw the 2017 Edition of the International Cocoa Awards, celebrated as part of the Salon du Chocolat, Paris. Find out why these awards matter for the future of chocolate.
Last week saw the 2017 Edition of the International Cocoa Awards, part of the Cocoa of Excellence Programme, celebrated as part of the Salon du Chocolat, Paris. Samantha Collins, Communications…
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Sustainable management of cassava in Asia: from research to practice
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65172
Publication year
2014
Authors
Howeler, Reinhardt H.
Maung Aye, Tin
Full Citation
Howeler, Reinhardt H.; Maung Aye, Tin. 2014. Sustainable management of cassava in Asia: from research to practice. International Center for…
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Community concessions bring newfound hope for forest conservation and socioeconomic development
Recent findings evidenced that when forests are in the hands of local communities, governance, conservation and livelihoods improve.
Recent findings evidenced that when forests are in the hands of local communities, governance, conservation and livelihoods improve.
Reform advocates claim that local communities are…
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How Transformative Agrobiodiversity Innovations help advance the G7’s agenda on agricultural development
As Italy’s G7 Presidential Agenda draws to a close, Bioversity International’s Private Sector Engagement Coordinator, Gianpiero Menza, reports on what the outcomes mean for mainstreaming agricultural biodiversity.
As Italy’s G7 presidential agenda draws to a close, Bioversity International’s Private Sector…
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Conserving diversity: Interactive Toolkit for Crop Wild Relative Conservation Planning
An interactive toolkit, developed by Bioversity International and the University of Birmingham, guides national programmes on planning the conservation of crop wild relatives as this valuable source of diversity is being threatened with extinction.
In the same way that books can have deceiving covers, plants too are often…
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The International Union of Nutritional Sciences turns to food systems
This year's IUNS zoomed in on food systems and the links between nutrition and agriculture, taking on a more holistic approach at tackling malnutrition. Bioversity International actively participated presenting research and co-organizing a symposium.
This year's IUNS zoomed in on food systems and the links between nutrition and…
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The 2017 International Cocoa Award Winners
Following a selection and evaluation process of 166 cocoa samples submitted from 40 countries, the wait was finally over tonight for the 50 entrants shortlisted for the 2017 Edition of the International Cocoa Awards.
Celebrating and Rewarding Excellence in Producing High-quality Cocoa Origins
PRESS RELEASE: SALON DU CHOCOLAT, PARIS, FRANCE (30 October…
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Saving the Pacific's coconuts
Coconut-producing countries and international organizations will meet in Fiji from 31st October to 4th November 2017 to discuss the future of coconut genetic resources conservation.
Coconut-producing countries and international organizations will meet in Fiji from 31st October to 4th November 2017 to discuss the future of coconut genetic resources conservation.
The Steering…
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Global programme seeks to contain serious threat to the world’s bananas
FAO and partners including Bioversity International launch campaign against new Fusarium wilt strain that jeopardizes livelihoods reliant on the world’s most traded fruit.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, with Bioversity International, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the World Banana Forum, launch…
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When the sequel is as good as the original: reporting from the second forest genetic resources training
Forestry experts Riina Jalonen and David Boshier report from a very successful Second Regional Training Course on Forest Genetic Resources, held in Binzhou, China - a course aimed at equipping lecturers with basic knowledge on forest genetics.
Forestry experts Riina Jalonen and David Boshier report from a…
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Filling two needs with one deed
An initiative with important potential boosts both nutrition and women empowerment through home gardening.
An initiative with important potential boosts both nutrition and women empowerment through home gardening.
In spite of a general reduction in malnutrition among children under five in Vietnam, the country’s northwest is still troubled by poor diets, food insecurity and a…
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Community seedbank workshop unites representatives from around the world
Earlier this fall, International Workshop on Community Seedbanks attracted a truly international and diverse crowd: almost 100 farmers, experts, academics, plant breeders and scientists from around the world gathered to exchange differing experiences between community seedbanks in 'the global South' and those in 'the global West'.…
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International cooperation
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81744
Abstract
The progress achieved by CIAT's cassava program through training activities related to the crop in Latin America, Asia, and Oceania are given. In collaboration with the training office at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, the cassava program in 1980 trained 38 professionals from 15 countries (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Bolivia, USA, Thailand, Dominican Republic, S. Africa,…
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Agrobiodiversity is essential for the disruptive changes we need in global food systems
On World Food Day, Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International reflects on last week’s 44th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS44) in Rome, Italy.
On World Food Day, Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International reflects on last week’s 44th Session of the Committee on World Food…
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Roasted Bambara groundnut: an emerging income source for women in Mali
On the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, that takes place on 15 October, our researchers give us insight into how Bambara groundnut is emerging as an income source for women in Mali.
Rural women are integrally connected to all aspects of local biodiversity – as users, custodians and agents of change. On the occasion of the…
