Using local agricultural biodiversity - A Kenyan farmer's story
Peninah Mwangangi has a smallholder farm in the arid region of Kitui, in eastern Kenya. She explains how using local traditional food crops have helped mitigate against harvest loss when the rains don't come. This is the third story in our 'Fork in the Road' series as part of our Rio+20 campaign.
Why understanding forest genetic resources is vital for future options
Laura Snook Programme Leader, Forest Genetic Resources Conservation and Use, talks about the need to harness the huge genetic diversity of different tree species to face challenges such as climate change and find sustainable ways to use and conserve it for our future. This video is the latest from our Rio+20 campaign blog.
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Undervalued Yet Nutritious Traditional Foods Can Make the Difference - Press release
“Diversity of diet, founded on diverse farming systems, delivers better nutrition and greater health, with additional benefits for human productivity and livelihoods,” said Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International at the launch of a new international project in Rio today.
New Agricultural Biodiversity Project to Improve Nutrition and Food Security Worldwide
Placing renewed emphasis on sustaining the natural variety of crops and animals contributing to agriculture, including neglected yet nutritious traditional foods, can improve food security and address growing global concerns over poor nutrition and its negative health effects, officials said at the launch of a new international project at the World Nutrition Rio Congress 2012.
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Agricultural biodiversity project to tackle poor nutrition
A collaboration to mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use for improved human nutrition will be launched at the World Nutrition Rio Congress 2012 this weekend. This partnership will strengthen the evidence linking agrobiodiversity with good nutrition, and provide information on nutritional and health benefits of traditional food sources.
Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition
A global project of Global Environment Facility (GEF) will 'mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use for improved human nutrition and wellbeing' into national and global policies and programs. .
PhD Fellowship for a national of Benin: Food Security and Nutrition
fellowship opportunity in food security and nutrition for the nationals coming from Benin
Linking Agriculture, Food Systems and Nutrition: What’s your perspective?
"Productivity is increasingly based on yield per acre, with little consideration to the nutritional value of what is produced." Kwesi Attah-Krah, Bioversity Deputy Director General, joins the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition debate. Have your say by 26th February.
New Bioversity nutrition strategy now online
Bioversity International's new nutrition programme is now available. Read how we will work with smallholder farmers to promote agricultural biodiversity within food production systems.
Objective 4: To mainstream the role of agricultural biodiversity into public health and nutrition policy and practice by sharing evidence and providing local solutions
Through Bioversity International's research programme, we will contribute to international efforts to address global food concerns such as the response to soaring food prices across the globe, food sovereignty, the effect of globalization of diets on health and the need to promote the effective conservation and utilization of this globally significant resource.
Objective 3: To determine best practices and delivery systems of agricultural biodiversity in nutrition and health development programmes
This objective seeks to understand how to integrate and implement the tools and methodologies of agricultural biodiversity to positively impact nutrition development programmes and food assistance on the ground.
Objective 2: To ensure that the production of more nutritious foods through commercial pathways reflects agricultural biodiverse practices and cultural and consumer preferences
The links between what is produced on the farm, the consumer who buys that food, and the income received by the producer does not stop at what is produced.
Objective 1: To strengthen the empirical evidence of agricultural biodiversity’s role for nutrition and health
The major objective of this research will be to generate a better understanding of the links among agricultural biodiversity, diet quality, and nutrition and health, as well as the overall role of nutrition within agricultural systems.
Scientific Advisory Council Members
Bioversity works with an external Scientific Advisory Council to monitor and evaluate our nutrition research programme
Our tools
Agricultural biodiversity is the basis of the food and nutrition value chain with under-exploited potential for contributing to food security, health, income generation, and ecosystem services.
Bioversity's nutrition strategy
Bioversity’s Nutrition Strategy for 2011-2021 centres on using food and nutrition system approaches to improve human nutrition and health.
Our beneficiaries
At least half of the world’s food-insecure people are smallholder farmers living in poverty. Yet smallholder farms produce around one third of the world's food and play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity.
Global malnutrition - the context
An estimated 925 million people are hungry and many more are malnourished. Modern food systems do not deliver dietary diversity concentrating on just three staple crops.
Nutrition
Resilient food and nutrition systems - Analyzing the role of agricultural biodiversity in enhancing human nutrition and health and a look at Bioversity's nutrition research programme.
Millenium Development Goal 1 Hunger Target - A review of global progress
A new paper, co-authored by Bioversity scientist, Jessica Fanzo, examines progress by reviewing evidence from 40 community-based programs as well as national and international efforts.
Assessing nutritional diversity of cropping systems in African villages
A new research paper examines the urgent need for metrics that monitor agricultural progress in Africa beyond calories produced per capita.
Banking on Russian berries for improved nutrition
A Bioversity project to promote the use of local berry fruits for a healthier diet in Russia shows how genebanks can play a pivotal role in improved nutrition.
We are what we eat - Selected Foods from West Africa
A new data table of food composition data for traditional West African foods.
Biodiversity and Sustainable Diet symposium agrees draft outputs
The three-day symposium on Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets, organized jointly by Bioversity and FAO, concluded with a commitment to promote sustainable diets to benefit the rural poor.
Bringing biodiversity to the plate: Nutrition education a vital ingredient
Day two of the Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets Symposium challenges some perceptions of what constitutes a tasty snack
Linking agriculture, nutrition and health: Biodiversity as the key to reaching Millennium Development Goal 1
As the three-day Symposium "Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets" starts in Rome, we report on the first day’s events.
Biodiversity & Sustainable Diets: United Against Hunger
The programme for the International Scientific Symposium - Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets - to be held next week in Rome, is now available.
Safeguarding traditional foodways
Bioversity is partnering with UNESCO to identify and safeguard threatened foodways in two Kenyan communities.
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.
Traditional African Leafy Vegetables more popular than ever
The resurgence of traditional leafy vegetables in east Africa is raising interst around the world -- even in China.
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