Sustainable Agriculture

Bioversity projects in Africa and South America are taking advantage of an increasing market for snack food by turning traditional grains into tasty treats.[Read more]

 

Nutrition

Dr Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International, calls for a new approach to fight hunger and malnutrition at the Crawford Fund’s 2010 international conference in Canberra, Australia.[Read more]

 

Conservation

The court decision to allow the Pavlovsk Experiment Station's field genebank to be destroyed for housing, is being appealed against. This gives campaigners, including Bioversity, another month to try and save the collection.[Read more]

 

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Bioversity News

Al Jazeera reports on Pavlovsk

Al Jazeera has published this English language video report which gives a real insight into the importance of saving Pavlovsk.

Press Release: Dietary diversity the best approach to diet-related diseases

Dr Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International, calls for a new approach to fight hunger and malnutrition at the Crawford Fund’s 2010 international conference in Canberra, Australia.

Last seeds of hope for Pavlovsk

Bioversity International and UNEP have jointly appealed to both the Russian Minister of Agriculture and the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment urging them to help save the genebank at Pavlovsk Experimental Station.

Pop goes the cereal

Bioversity projects in Africa and South America are taking advantage of an increasing market for snack food by turning traditional grains into tasty treats.

Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems now in paperback

“[T]he single most authoritative source to date on issues of agrobiodiversity”, has recently been published in paperback.

VI Henry A. Wallace/CATIE Inter-American Scientific Conference

This key event co-organized by Bioversity International, will focus on the use and management of agrobiodiversity in Mesoamerica.The event will be held on 20-24 September 2010 in Costa Rica.

The Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in Addressing Hunger & Climate Change

This international seminar will be held on 13-15 September in Spain. Bioversity is pleased to be a co-organizer of this event which forms part of the celebrations for the International Year of Biodiversity.

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About Us

Sebastian Rojou enjoys a nutritious sapote fruit rich with Provitamin A (carotenoids), Vitamin C and Phosphorous.

Sebastián Rojou enjoys a nutritious sapote fruit.

Bioversity International is the world's leading organization dedicated to researching agricultural biodiversity to improve people's lives.

Our research, carried out with partners around the world, seeks sustainable solutions to meet three important challenges:

We also provide policy information and analysis to improve the legal framework -- global, regional and national -- needed to ensure that agricultural biodiversity can be put to work to deliver sustainable solutions for economic development.

Funding for Bioversity comes from statutory donors and foundations, who support us directly and through their contributions to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Bioversity is also supported by a registered charity in the United Kingdom, and in the United States by a Foundation that has 501(c)(3) status.

Bioversity's headquarters are in Maccarese, Italy, just outside Rome, where we work closely with UN Agencies such as FAO, IFAD and WFP. However, the vast majority of our staff work from 20 offices that cover the regions of the world. In addition, we are pleased to host some system-wide activities on behalf of the CGIAR.

Find out more about the history of Bioversity.


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