What we do: With our partners, we undertake research aimed at improving people's lives through the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity.

Who we are: We are a global non-profit organization, working on projects in over 100 countries with about 300 research partners. For more information see About Us.
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LATEST PUBLICATIONS
¿Cómo conservan los agricultores sus semillas en el trópico húmedo de Cuba, México y Perú? Experiencias de un proyecto de investigación en sistemas informales de semillas de chile, frijoles y maíz.
Este libro presenta los resultados de un proyecto de investigación...
Mon, 1 Mar 2010
Report of a working group on beta and the World Beta Network: third joint meeting, 8-11 March 2006, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
Report of the third joint meeting of the Working Group on Beta and...
Fri, 29 Jan 2010
Key access and utilization descriptors for pearl millet genetic resources
This minimum list consists of an initial set of characterization and...
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
LATEST NEWS
Bioversity welcomes the International Year of Biodiversity
Fri, 15 Jan 2010
International Year of Biodiversity must include agricultural biodiversity
Fri, 8 Jan 2010
Anno Internazionale della Biodiversità: nel 2010 più attenzione alla biodiversità in agricoltura.
Fri, 8 Jan 2010
Bioversity welcomes historic CGIAR decisions
Mon, 14 Dec 2009
Director General calls for investment in "true food security"
Wed, 18 Nov 2009
Bioversity celebrates cocoa diversity
Mon, 2 Nov 2009
Biodiversità agraria: un "caffè scientifico" al Bioparco per parlarne
Thu, 29 Oct 2009
Five fellowships for research announced
Thu, 22 Oct 2009
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Fellowship opportunities for African women working in agricultural research and development
Deadline: 22 March 2010
Excellence scholarships for PhD students on Global Food Security
Deadline: 5 April 2010