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Descriptors for quinoa and its wild relatives
As part of activities to celebrate the 2013 International Year of Quinoa, Bioversity International and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have released an updated version of the descriptors for quinoa and its wild relatives.
As part of activities to celebrate the 2013 International Year of Quinoa, Bioversity International and the Food and…
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Linking gender and forestry research
What does gender have to do with research on forest genetic resources? That was the question 22 social and biophysical scientists discussed in Kuching, Malaysia, during the inception workshop of Bioversity International’s Gender Research Fellowship Programme.
What does gender have to do with research on forest genetic resources? That was the question 22 social and…
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Bioversity International’s gender agenda gains momentum
Today, as we celebrate International Women's Day, it’s a good time to recognize the urgent need to better understand how gender plays out in smallholder farming systems and forest communities. This is crucial to developing effective strategies for the conservation and use of agricultural and forest biodiversity for food security.
Today, as we celebrate…
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Bioversity International and Belgian university join efforts to support banana research
Bioversity International signed an agreement yesterday with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) to support the world’s collection of banana and plantain germplasm.
Per the agreement, Bioversity will host its Musa germplasm collection at the new premises of KU Leuven, which will maintain the facilities to be…
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Diets must become sustainable say FAO and Bioversity
Immediate action needed to promote sustainable diets and food biodiversity so as to improve the health of humans and of the planet - the key message of a book just published by FAO and Bioversity International.
Media contacts:
Bruce Cogill, Nutrition and Marketing Diversity, Bioversity International;
b.cogill(@)cgiar.org, Phone: (+39) 335 790 6016
Christopher Matthews, Media Relations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN;
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For a sustainable future, agricultural biodiversity is part of solution
ROME, June 12, 2012 – As our climate changes and our population grows, a critical research area in the quest for food and nutrition security and sustainability is agricultural and tree biodiversity, says the leader of a global research institute speaking at Rio+20.
Media contact: Kirsten Khire, Bioversity International;
k.khire(@)cgiar.org, Phone: (39) 06 6118246; Mobile: (39) 3346234852
In the discussions about potential solutions to world hunger, poverty…
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We're moving: Visit the Alliance's new website
We encourage readers to kindly visit our new website for the latest information from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT: alliancebioversityciat.org
Over the last several months, we have developed a website to share the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT's strategy, objectives, where we work, research blogs, COVID-19…
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Alliance Managing Director for the Americas freed after kidnapping
December 7, 2020 – Jesús Antonio Quintana García, the Managing Director for the Americas at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, was freed after being abducted by an armed group in Colombia on December 5.
Quintana was in good health and spirits after a two-day ordeal.
“The entire Alliance community is thrilled to…
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Important Message
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) informs that Saturday, 5 December 2020, Mr. Jesús Antonio Quintana García, the Alliance’s Managing Director for the Americas, was illegally captured by an armed group under unclear circumstances. The Alliance requests respect for the life of our colleague and demands his prompt release…
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Stakeholder workshop for the development of Kenya County Climate Risk Profiles
The Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries partners with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT to implement the World Bank’s National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project.
Nairobi, Kenya, 21 July 2020 –The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical…
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Partnerships for solutions: Assessing COVID’s Impacts on Poor Urban Consumers in Africa
Alliance researchers in Nairobi, Kenya, report on a joint study establishing the effects of COVID-19 on residents’ livelihoods and food access.
With COVID-19 disrupting food systems worldwide, the negative implications for food and nutrition security are rising daily. Vulnerable poor in urban areas are likely to feel more…
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Post-COVID-19: we need a food systems approach to achieve zero-deforestation diets
How and what we eat has caused undue damage to forests. Over the years, the clamor for a shift to sustainable diets has grown. Finding an effective approach toward that end has remained elusive, though. A drastic change in our food systems in needed, if we are to avoid another COVID-19-like crisis.
The COVID-19 pandemic…
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Protecting income-generating cassava from virus duo
While the world worries about the global impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, smallholder cassava farmers in South-East Asia are being affected by other diseases with significant impacts on livelihoods.
Cassava witches’ broom disease (CWBD), which can cause yield reductions of up to 90%, and the more recent cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which can slash…
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Food Safety for All by All
Reflecting on World Food Safety Day 2020's theme "Food safety, everybody's business", Mercy Lungaho explains its importance within Kenyan food systems.
As a food scientist and human nutritionist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, I strongly believe that in these precarious times of COVID-19, we have to focus on improving our food system so that…
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An essential sustainable farming practice faces one big limitation: land to produce seeds
Because of their environmental benefits, cover crops like clover and rye are increasingly popular on U.S. farms. Increasing their use will require research and investment but researchers say the benefits far outweigh the costs.
As farmers across the globe look to grow food more sustainably – with less water, fertilizer,…
