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Teresa Borelli

Associate Scientist

Researchers and entrepreneurs bring back forgotten gems: underutilized crops transformed into healthy snacks

Researchers and entrepreneurs bring back forgotten gems: underused crops transformed into healthy snacks

Making local crops work for nutrition-sensitive agriculture

Making local crops work for nutrition-sensitive agriculture

Our health linked to our food linked to our biodiversity

Our health linked to our food linked to our biodiversity

Recipes to the rescue

Recipes to the rescue

Healthy Foods You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet): The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Database

Healthy Foods You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet): The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Database

Untold Tale of the Tepary

Bioversity International featured at Africa’s biggest gathering of nutritionists

Bioversity International featured at Africa’s biggest gathering of nutritionists

More than a thousand vegetables, many of them forgotten

More than a thousand vegetables, many of them forgotten

Adding colour to rural diets year round with the Seasonal Food Availability Booklet

Adding colour to rural diets year round with the Seasonal Food Availability Booklet

Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut

Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut

Uniting efforts to enhance the use of neglected Mayan superfood chaya

Uniting efforts to enhance the use of neglected Mayan superfood chaya

Five ways food biodiversity contributes to healthier diets

Five ways food biodiversity contributes to healthier diets

Roasted Bambara groundnut: an emerging income source for women in Mali

Roasted Bambara groundnut: an emerging income source for women in Mali

New study shows quinoa is good for quinoa farmers

New study shows quinoa is good for quinoa farmers

Women from four corners of the globe share stories of food and empowerment in Milan

Indigenous vegetables make a comeback in Kenya and other African countries

Indigenous vegetables make a comeback in Kenya and other African countries

Crop diversity: the debate that truly matters for food security and sustainability

Crop diversity: the debate that truly matters for food security and sustainability

Not just any apricot in the fruit basket - Understanding the connections between agricultural biodiversity, human health and nutrition

Not just any apricot in the fruit basket - Understanding the connections between agricultural biodiversity, human health and nutrition

PHOTO CONTEST – Women and Agricultural Biodiversity

PHOTO CONTEST – Women and Agricultural Biodiversity

Underutilized crops to enhance resilience and nutrition in Mali, India and Guatemala

Underutilized crops to enhance resilience and nutrition in Mali, India and Guatemala

Wild edible plants take centre stage in Turkey plant and food festival

Millet revolution in India: Let's keep up the momentum!

Millet revolution in India: Let's keep up the momentum!

Celebrating the diversity of Andean crops in Bolivia

Celebrating the diversity of Andean crops in Bolivia

Using simple methods to preserve biodiversity

Using simple methods to preserve biodiversity

Linking ex situ and in situ conservation in Nepal

Linking ex situ and in situ conservation in Nepal

Bioversity International and Embrapa sign 5-year agreement to boost sustainable food systems

Bioversity International and Embrapa sign 5-year agreement to boost sustainable food systems

Bearing the fruits of action

Bearing the fruits of action

Fighting disease and still delicious – a citrus story from India

Fighting disease and still delicious – a citrus story from India

New book puts the spotlight on Andean ‘super grains’

New book puts the spotlight on Andean ‘super grains’