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Outside, whatever the weather: FreeStations in the Volta basin
As part of a CGIAR Water Land and Ecosystems project, researchers and students from King’s College London, Bioversity International, and other partner organizations are working to improve the distribution of weather stations across the Volta river basin. Earlier in 2016, the partners were busy sourcing, building and testing the first suite of a new weather station: the…
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Improving Vihiga County communities' livelihoods through kitchen gardens and poultry keeping
Julia Boedecker, Associate Scientist, Bioversity International, reports from Vihiga County, Kenya, about research aimed at empowering communities to better use available crop diversity to improve nutrition all year round. In her third blog, the people of Vihiga County themselves describe the progress of their agriculture-for-nutrition…
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Resilient seeds for the future of food
A new report from the Global Alliance for the Future of Food focuses on including farmers in policymaking conversations about preserving seed biodiversity.
As announced in a Food Tank blog post, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food has released a report, titled 'Seeds of Resilience: A Compendium of Perspectives on Agricultural Biodiversity from Around the World'.…
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Reconciling multiple forest uses in the Congo Basin
In their 2015 annual report, the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry highlights the achievements of Flagship 2, Management of Forest and Tree Resources, in research conducted on diversified forest management in the Congo Basin.
In their 2015 annual report, the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) highlights…
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Crank it up! Researchers discover that banana plants enjoy thermotherapy
Bioversity International and other CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas scientists have discovered several thermotherapy-related methods that facilitate farmers' battle against banana pests, produce disease-free banana planting materials and have positive effects on yields.
As described in the CGIAR Research Program on…
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Innovation injects income opportunities into the banana value chain
As reported in their latest annual report, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has been busy working with local partners along the entire cooking banana value chain in Uganda. The research partners are testing strategies to reduce post-harvest loss and differentiate products in order to improve incomes and food security…
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From dish to podium – it’s about a lot more than just sports in Rio
Brazil is not only home to the world’s best beach volleyball team but also the planet’s greatest plant biodiversity, representing around 15 to 20% of the total number of species on Earth. Much of these plants are edible and nutritious, yet neglected, but we hope that the tide will turn as they step into the limelight at Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Games…
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Bioversity International and Universiti Putra Malaysia renew unique bond
A Memorandum of Understanding signed between Bioversity International and Universiti Putra Malaysia celebrates the research partners’ 15-year relationship and shared commitment to protect Malaysia’s rich agricultural biodiversity.
A Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between Bioversity International and Universiti Putra…
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Gendered exclusions and cooperation within the shea value chain
In their recently published article, Marlène Elias and Seema Arora-Jonsson describe the shea value chain. The authors highlight that although there is interest in improving prospects for producers, little attention is being focused on how differences among producers can enable some, but not others, to benefit from value chain opportunities.
By…
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Banana scientists cover significant ground in battling banana disease BBTD
As reported in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas’ 2015 Annual Report, significant ground has been covered in the battle against one of banana’s biggest enemies – the banana bunchy top disease (BBTD).
As reported in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas’ 2015 Annual Report, significant ground has…
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Partnering with Costa Rica to help farmers face climate change
Bioversity International partners with Costa Rica to find new approaches to agriculture that take into account the variables of a changing climate.
In May, Bioversity International signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture of Costa Rica in Turrialba. The agreement will enhance knowledge, information management,…
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Forest genetic resources conservation and management: In plantations and genebanks (ex situ) : Vol. 3
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105007
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This guide is the third volume of a series of three that deal with the conservation of forest (trees and shrubs) genetic resources. This volume addresses technical requirements, and some applied approaches and experiences with the ex situ conservation and management of forest genetic resources. It outlines the role of ex situ conservation and reviews some of the strategies that may be…
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Challenges in managing forest genetic resources for livelihoods: examples from Argentina and Brazil
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105011
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This book presents the project activities that were undertaken within a framework that integrated socioeconomic, policy, population genetic and ecological features of four different forest ecosystems spread across South America, through a participatory and multidisciplinary research approach. Project implementation was a true learning event for all the parties involved. It resulted in…
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Comparative storage biology of tropical tree seeds
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105027
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Forest trees are an important element of the landscape and many have great economic and cultural value, providing and supporting the livelihoods of millions of people, especially in the tropics. Tropical forests are rich in species diversity, but little is known about the biology of many of the tropical forest tree species, and, in particular, information on the seed biology is very scanty. Until recently, indigenous trees were seldom used…
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Musadoc 2004
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105042
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The 7th edition of the MusaDoc CD-Rom. Updated versions of the INIBAP databases, MusaLIT - containing over 8526 bibliographic records and abstracts on Musa, BRIS - the database of banana researchers (almost 900 records) are available and a banana thesaurus including 3653 terms. All recent publications are also included in MusaDoc 2004 - Last issues of InfoMusa, the abstracts of the ”1st International Congress on Musa: Harnessing research to improve livelihoods”, the abstracts…
