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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…
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Through the lens: women from the Western Ghats forest
As we near International Women's Day, Ewa Hermanowicz reflects on lessons learned from the resilient women she met while filming in India.
As we near International Women's Day, Ewa Hermanowicz reflects on lessons learned from the resilient women she met while filming in India on the sidelines of an research project that takes a participatory and gender-…
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Improving dietary diversity and quality through systems innovation: a pilot study from Vietnam
In the third of her blog reports, Jessica Raneri explains some of the challenges in gathering baseline data in the Mai Son district in Son La Province, Vietnam.
In the third of her blog reports, Jessica Raneri, Nutrition Programme Specialist, explains some of the challenges in gathering baseline data in the Mai…
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Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture
This 4-day conference organized by CGIAR Research Program on Humidtropics opens in Nigeria today. M. Ann Tutwiler, Bioversity International, Director General will give opening remarks. Several Bioversity International scientists are presenting work.
This 4-day conference opens in Nigeria today organized by CGIAR Research…
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Millet revolution in India: Let's keep up the momentum!
Over 15 years of promoting millet use and conservation is paying off. Research fellow Gennifer Meldrum reports from Chennai, India as Bioversity International and partners are taking the initiative to the next level.
By Gennifer Meldrum, Research Fellow, Nutrition and Marketing Diversity
Millets are truly on the rise in India.
Fifteen years ago,…
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The latest Global Timber Tracking Network newsletter is now out
The second newsletter of the Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN) includes numerous updates – from pilot project results – to news from GTTN members from the Academy of Forestry in China.
Unsustainable and illegal logging is a driving force of deforestation worldwide. According to a World Bank Group publication, an area of forest the size of a…
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Former Bioversity International Director General nominated for prestigious scientific prize
Dr Emile Frison, Bioversity International's Director General from 2003 to 2013, has been nominated for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Outstanding Career in Agriculture.
Dr Emile Frison, Bioversity International's Director General from 2003 to 2013, has been nominated for the Louis Malassis…
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2015 - A changing climate for agricultural and tree biodiversity
In her latest DG Dialogues blog, Ann Tutwiler looks back at 2014 and how it inspired this year's debate on climate change and what it means for agriculture.
Reflections from ‘The Economist - Feeding the World': Amsterdam, 12th February 2015
Last week, I participated in The Economist Feeding the World 2015 Conference in Amsterdam. Global experts…
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A new era of plant genetic resource management for Portugal
The Portuguese national genebank launched a new information system to manage their crop collection. The new system is based on GRIN-Global, a platform developed by the Global Crop Diversity Trust, USDA/ARS and Bioversity International.
On 13 February 2015, the Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal – the Portuguese national genebank – officially…
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First ever banana crop contingency plan published
In 2013, the Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA) published the first contingency plan for banana production in Latin America. Read more in this 2014 Annual Report story.
In 2013, the Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA), an international organization for plant and animal health in nine Mesoamerican and…
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Minimum requirements for genetic conservation units of forest trees in Europe
Distribution ranges of many European forest trees extend across large geographical areas and cover many countries with diverse forest management traditions and practices. Read more in this 2013 Annual Report story.
Assessing conservation of forest genetic resources in Europe is hampered by the fact that the distribution ranges of…
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Preliminary observations on the effect of competitive interference on stand maintenance of Stylosanthes capitata associated with Andropogon gayanus in the Eastern plains of Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55939
Publication year
1988
Authors
Valencia, I.M.
Spain, James M.
Full Citation
VALENCIA, I.M.; SPAIN, J.M. 1988.…
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Learning from resilient landscapes
Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes are areas of mixed land-use patterns, including villages and farmland adjacent to forests, grasslands, wetlands or coastal areas.
Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes are areas of mixed land-use patterns, including villages and farmland adjacent to forests, grasslands, wetlands or coastal areas. Shaped over…
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Diversifying food and diets for improved nutrition and health
A new book, Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Food Security, explores the latest research on the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving diets, nutrition and food security. Read more in this 2013 Annual Report story.
A new book, Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity…
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Forest foods: Sustainable and resilient
The Contribution of Forests to Sustainable Diets was one of seven background publications for the international conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition. Read more in this 2013 Annual Report story.
The Contribution of Forests to Sustainable Diets was one of seven background publications for the international conference on Forests for Food Security and…
