Gearing up for the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition Bioversity International scientist Barbara Vinceti speaks about the importance of forest foods in peoples' diets. Photo: CIFOR
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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?
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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
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Muhabbat Turdieva, Central Asia Project Coordinator, Bioversity International, was part of the delegation at the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in India last week. She speaks about her work on wild fruits and forest systems in Central Asia.
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A report from the side event ‘Strategic Plan 2011-2020 – Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity’ at the UN Convention on Agricultural Biodiversity. The event was facilitated by Toby Hodgkin, Honorary Fellow, Bioversity International and co-founder of the Platform for Agricultural Biodiversity.
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Корни наших народов presents some of the farmers who are contributing to the conservation of fruit tree diversity in Kyrgyzstan and the Tajik Pamirs. This booklet is a tribute to their energy and curiosity, to the stories they tell and the work they do to preserve a uniquely important part of their heritage.
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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.
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The mountainous area around Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is one of the centres of origin for traditional fruit tree varieties such as apple, peach and pomegranate. Meet the farmers who, with support from Bioversity, are helping to put these trees back at the heart of local communities. This is the second in our series of farmer stories for Rio+20.
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The mountainous area around Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is one of the centres of origin for traditional fruit tree varieties such as apple, peach and pomegranate. Meet the farmers who, with support from Bioversity, are helping to put these trees back at the heart of local communities.
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High up in the mountains or at the margins of the desert -- these are just some of the harsh conditions where people are successfully interacting with nature, finding innovative ways to manage landscapes to grow food.
In this short video, Bioversity anthropologist, Pablo Eyzaguirre, talks about the potential of integrated agricultural landscape approaches to reconcile the objectives of agricultural production and nature conservation. He also speaks about how Bioversity International is contributing its knowledge gained from working with smallholder farmers around the world at a time when a consensus is emerging that many our current food system approaches are unsustainable.
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Fruit trees and their custodians in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
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Isabella Dalla Ragione launches a fundraising drive to save a family collection of rare fruit trees in Umbria
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Explore how the use of local seed is widely advocated as a central principle to the establishment of native species in many contexts.
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