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Bioversity International Annual Report 2015 published today
Read our 2015 Annual Report for research highlights on how agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet.
In 2015, at the United Nations in New York, countries agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals; in Paris at the Climate Summit, they reached an agreement on Climate Change; and at the Convention on Biological Diversity,…
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You can put a price tag on the value of agricultural biodiversity
For the International Day for Biological Diversity, M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, welcomes this week's communiqué from the G7 Environment Ministers’ meeting, and reflects on the value that agricultural biodiversity brings to the sustainable development table.
For the International Day for Biological Diversity, M.…
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CNN talks to Bioversity International about 'Panama disease' in bananas
Article by CNN highlights impacts in the market and features an interview with Bioversity International scientist to talk about alternatives against Fusarium wilt, also known as Panama disease, as a new strain of the disease is now affecting Cavendish bananas.
CNN Money featured an interview with Bioversity International…
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Empowering farming communities to manage biodiversity in Nepal
For the 2016 International Day for Biological Diversity, M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, writes for the 'World Bank Governance for Development Blog' about why community-based biodiversity management approaches matter when it comes to linking agricultural biodiversity, people, food and the environment.
For the 2016 International…
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Tamano de parcela
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81929
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The factors influencing the size and shape of exptl. field plots (area of exptl. lot, soil types, trial objective, no. of replicates, and degree of accuracy and homogeneity of the exptl. material) for the execution of field expt. are discussed. The basic principles of the following different methods to determine plot size are described: max. curve method, method of Koch and Rigney, Hatheway's…
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Carlo Scarpa Prize awarded to the wild apple forests of the Tien Shan
Last weekend, Bioversity International's Director General Ann Tutwiler spoke at the Benetton Foundation's annual International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens award ceremony. This year's award went to the wild apple forests of the Tien Shan, the woodlands that stretch from western China across northern Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and right down to south Kazakhstan…
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Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources – making it work for family farmers
A new special issue of Farming Matters, produced in collaboration with Bioversity International, focuses on how access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources can work for family farmers.
Crop diversity is essential for family farmers. It provides a cost-effective way to improve productivity, manage crop pests and…
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Ecosystem services and SDGs - where's the link?
Bioversity International scientists invite ecosystem services experts to take a survey to help identify which ecosystem services could positively contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets.
As part of a National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Science for People And Nature working group 'Making Ecosystem…
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Managing banana pests and diseases in East and Central Africa
William Tinzaara, Associate Scientist, based in our Uganda office, speaks about the work Bioversity International is carrying out with partners in East and Central Africa on banana pests and diseases - in particular, on the management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt, a devastating bacterial disease which can wipe out entire yields of bananas. …
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Diversifying diets in Barotse - local communities see the landscape with new eyes
Bioversity International researcher Natalia Estrada-Carmona blogs about a recent trip to Barotse, Zambia where her research group screened films as part of participatory action research and received heartwarming feedback from the communities.
Blog post by Natalia Estrada-Carmona, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Agricultural biodiversity…
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Pulses are praised for health, ecological and economic benefits
Italy's permanent representation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Bioversity International and FAO co-hosted an event showcasing how pulses can contribute to Sustainable Development Goals.
Italy's permanent representation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Bioversity International and FAO co-hosted…
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Opening the doors to India's first low-energy genebank
Bioversity International scientists report from India on the opening of the first low-energy genebank, inaugurated as part of the National Symposium on Vegetable Legumes for Soil and Human Health.
Bioversity International scientists Prem Mathur and Arnab Gupta , with Sonal Dsouza, report from India on the opening of the country’s first…
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Investing in safeguarding crop diversity for a food-secure future
Last week M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, spoke at the Global Crop Diversity Trust Pledging Conference on behalf of CGIAR. This event convened 50 nations to save the global common good of crop diversity in perpetuity. Read her latest 'DG Dialogues' blog about the event.
Last week M. Ann Tutwiler, Director…
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Why governments should look to agricultural biodiversity to contribute to the Decade of Action on Nutrition
In her latest blog post, M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International welcomes the Decade of Action on Nutrition and highlights the important role that agricultural biodiversity has to play in nutrition solutions.
In her latest blog post in DG Dialogues, M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General…
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Joining the diversity club – how village health workers in Vietnam are putting nutrition back on the menu
In the fifth of her blog reports from Vietnam, Jessica Raneri, Nutrition Programme Specialist, explains how Diversity Clubs in the Mai Son district in Son La Province are getting equipped to lead the next step of the research. The goal? To add nutritious agricultural biodiversity to the menu.
In the…
