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Cultural festivals connect biodiversity and conservation
In India and Nepal, Chhath Puja is an important festival that helps to safeguard several native fruit species, especially the pomelo, which is part of the offerings made by women to the Sun God.
Culture and tradition often plays an important role in the conservation of biodiversity. Ingredients that make part of a festival or celebration…
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A snapshot of integrated landscape management in Asia
What works in integrated landscape management and what doesn’t? Bioversity researcher Chandni Singh gives us a snapshot from 166 landscape initiatives in South and Southeast Asia.
What works in integrated landscape management and what doesn’t? As part of a Global Review with the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, we surveyed 166 landscape…
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USAID partners with Bioversity International on Crowdsourced Crop Improvement
Bioversity International has been awarded $1 million by the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program at USAID for crowdsourced crop improvement to combat climate change for smallholder farmers in Central America.
Bioversity International has been awarded $1 million by the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program at…
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Book launch – Climate Smart Landscapes: Multifunctionality in Practice
Read Chapter 7 on integrated landscape initiatives in Africa and Latin America in the book – Climate Smart Landscapes: Multifunctionality in Practice, launching today at the Global Landscapes Forum in Peru.
Today marks the launch of Climate Smart Landscapes: Multifunctionality in Practice at the Global Landscapes Forum in…
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Asia’s unique forest genetic resources supported in new APFORGEN strategy
In light of tomorrow's Global Landscapes Forum and Lima's climate talks, the Asia Pacific Forest Genetic Resources Programme (APFORGEN) has launched its 2014-2016 strategy.
While the world’s climate leaders gather in Lima, Peru, this week for the 20th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Combating Climate Change (…
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Bioversity International pays tribute to Olga Linares
Olga F. Linares, distinguished Panamanian anthropologist, tropical ecologist and former Bioversity International Board member, passed away on 2 December 2014 at the age of 78.
Olga F. Linares a distinguished Panamanian anthropologist and tropical ecologist, passed away on 2 December 2014 at the age of 78. Educated at Vassar (B.A.) and Harvard (PhD.), Dr.…
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Why biodiversity matters for food and nutrition security
M. Ann Tutwiler's latest blog is on the role that agricultural biodiversity can play in reducing malnutrition. Ann is taking part in an expert panel today at the 6th International Forum on Food and Nutrition being held in Milan.
Today I am participating in an expert panel at the 6th International Forum on Food and Nutrition, where I will highlight the…
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Adding science to the landscape – Evert Thomas chats about restoration
With only three days to go until the long-anticipated Global Landscapes Forum, Bioversity International’s forest genetic resources researcher Evert Thomas chats about his latest research, what the term ‘landscape’ means to him and his hopes for the Forum, where Bioversity is co-hosting a side-event.
This year, the long-anticipated Global…
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Germplasm development
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82416
Publication year
1981
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Germplasm development.1981. In: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Cassava Program: Annual Report 1984 . CIAT, Cali, CO. p. 159-195. (Working document no. 1)…
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Restoration of native species highlighted at the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum
On 6 December, Bioversity International researcher Evert Thomas and Regional Director for the Americas, Marleni Ramirez, will join research partners and Vice Minister of Agriculture of Peru, Cesar Sotomayor, on the sidelines of Lima climate talks.
On 6 December, Bioversity International researcher Evert Thomas and Regional…
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How to frame your policy problem
An expert workshop held at Bioversity International's headquarters in Rome earlier this month shares some tips on how to frame your policy problem and capture the right attention with that first sentence.
“The first sentence of your policy document is the most important sentence because it defines the debate,” shares Travis Reynolds, a policy analysis expert from Colby…
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Bioversity International and Embrapa sign 5-year agreement to boost sustainable food systems
Bioversity International and Embrapa today agreed to work closely together to expand the existing knowledge base on how to use agricultural biodiversity to develop sustainable food systems.
Brasilia, 24 November 2014 - Bioversity International, the global agricultural biodiversity research-for-development organization…
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A new toolkit to measure resilience is now available
Today at the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, Bioversity International is launching a toolkit in partnership with the Satoyama Initiative. Find out more and download your free copy here.
How do we measure resilience? On some level, it is almost like asking someone to predict the future. How can we predict the way that a community will cope…
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Inherited orchards are a treasure trove of mango diversity in southern India
Take a virtual visit to Ranga Reddy's mango orchard, one of our custodian farmers in southern India. His orchard is home to 560 trees that make up 18 mango varieties, each with their own distinct qualities.
Mr Ranga Reddy’s mango orchard is typical of the Chittoor district of southern India’s Andhra Pradesh. Long rows…
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Open access publication on family farming now online
Director General M. Ann Tutwiler and Bioversity International scientist Pablo Eyzaguirre are among the contributors to this 300-page, illustrated book on family farming. Now available free online.
To wrap up the International Year of Family Farming, a new publication from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is now available online. The…
