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Guía técnica para el registro de satos meteorológicos en el campo con una alta resolución espacial y temporal utilizando iButtons

Collecting weather data in the field with high spatial and temporal resolution using iButton

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Behind the rhetoric what is really being done to combat desertification?

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Genes are gems for food security

Risk management in the face of climate change is something we can all learn from smallholder farmers. As climate change stalks global agriculture, researchers should collaborate with smallholder farmers in enhancing the diversification of crops to ensure food security, says Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International.

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Estrategias de los agricultores para adaptarse al cambio climático en Colombia

Trabajar con las comunidades es vital para desarrollar estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático. Bioversity International está trabajando con métodos participativos en Colombia para asegurar soluciones que respondan a las necesidades locales.

Farmer strategies to adapt to climate change in Colombia

Working with communities is vital for finding adaptation strategies to climate change. Read more how Bioversity International is working with participatory tools in Colombia.

Gea Galluzzi

Gea Galluzzi is an Italian national who joined Bioversity International in August 2010 as an Associate Expert. She is based in the Regional Office for the Americas, in Cali, Colombia.

Climate smart villages in India show early signs of great reform achievements

Bioversity International is part of the successful CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Climate Change (CCAFS) Climate Smart Villages initiative whose key focus is to enhance climate literacy of farmers in developing countries of South Asia and Africa, with little financial investment.

Farmers testing wheat crops for climate change adaptation

Bioversity International is working with several partners in Bihar, India on Seeds4Needs: a series of projects that are trying to give farmers more access to crop varieties and landraces to help them adapt to climate change. Read more in a blog post published on the CCAFS blog.

Jacob van Etten

Title: Senior Scientist, Theme Leader Climate Change Adaptation Duty post location: Americas Regional Office, Cali, Colombia Dr Jacob van Etten, a Dutch national, joined Bioversity in 2012 to lead the work on climate change adaptation. He has worked for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Mali, and for

Climate change

Follow Comment Give Subscribe Contact Climate Change Home Partnerships Entrepreneurship Technology Climate change People Pests and Diseases Gender Nutrition Resilience Policy Productivity Conservation Researchers are finding ways to use and conserve agricultural and forest biodiversity to help farmers adapt to climate change, one of the growing

Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Bioversity International's Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services Programme aims to understand how biodiversity in agricultural landscapes contributes to the provision of ecosystem services that benefit the poor.

Forests and agriculture to work together to tackle climate change

In the run up to UN climate summit, CIFOR have issued a media advisory asking Can the world’s forests and farms work together to tackle pressing food security challenges and climate change?

Climate Conversations - Can biodiversity cut the risks of crop losses?

AlertNet inquires about sustainable alternatives to preventing crop loss. The use of agricultural biodiversity to minimize the risk of crop pest and disease has been the focus of a 5-year Bioversity International project in China, Ecuador, Morocco and Uganda.

Report examines the many effects of climate change on agriculture, urges action now

A new report from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security calls for the need to “recalibrate” food production in the developing world. Bioversity International’s scientific research is helping to identify not only the challenges but also potential solutions.

Kyrgyz conservationists save trees by helping farmers

Today The Washington Times highlights the importance of fruit tree conservation in Kyrgyzstan and the work of Fauna & Flora and Bioversity International. Photo: Bioversity/F. van Oudenhoven

Catching up with Dr. Prem Mathur at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Prem Mathur, South Asia Coordinator, is one of the Bioversity International delegation attending the UN Meeting on Biodiversity in Hyderabad - featured here talking to COP11 TV earlier today. We find time in his busy schedule for a quick CBD update.

Access to genetic resources and genebanks - where are we in the process?

Thanks to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture the scene has been set for unprecedented levels of global co-operation for the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources. In practice, however, the situation is largely static. Bioversity Genetic Resources Policy Specialist Ronnie Vernooy reports.

Plant breeders respond to climate-related stresses in multiple ways

Bioversity recently undertook an in-depth study of 'Availability of Plant Genetic Resources in Times of Climate and Policy Change for the CGIAR Research Program, CCAFS. Bioversity scientist Ronnie Vernooy, one of the study’s authors, blogs about how CGIAR plant breeders view the challenges and invites your comments.

Other ways to use agricultural biodiversity to adapt to climate change

While some scientists are working hard to breed new crop varieties better adapted to the predicted impacts of climate change, others are exploring adaptation options already present in genebanks and farmers’ fields. Find out more on the CCAFS website about 'Seeds for Needs' in Ethiopia, a project managed by Carlo Fadda, a Bioversity Senior Scientist.

Tropical fruit tree growers respond to climate change

When it comes to climate change and agriculture, almost all you hear about is the impact on short-lived crops, arable and horticultural. What about perennial tree crops? A new literature review shows that farmers are already feeling, and responding to,the effects of climate change on tropical trees.

Using crop diversity to tackle climate change - Meet Bhutanese farmer Pema

Meet Pema who is a smallholder farmer living in a traditional Bhutanese farmhouse in the village of Tsento, Shari in the Central Western part of Bhutan. She has been selected by the local Agricultural Extension Centre to try cultivating vegetables in the greenhouse because of her innovative and collaborative spirit.

Agricultural biodiversity and climate change

Carlo Fadda, one of Bioversity International's senior scientists based in our Sub-Saharan Africa office, talks about the importance of using agricultural biodiversity to suit farmers' future needs in the face of climate change. This video blog is part of our On the Road to Rio campaign series.

Agricultural Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Joseph Jojo Baidu-Forson, Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, talks about the future that he wants for the smallholder farmers of Sub-Saharan Africa. This video is the latest from our Rio+20 campaign blog.

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.