Zooming in on nutrition-sensitive landscapes
At Nutrition-sensitive landscapes, a CIFOR and ICRAF organized side-event at the Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, Bioversity International's researcher Céline Termote spoke about putting people at the centre of the landscapes approach: "Food is an expression of their culture, we must not forget that," she said. Photo: CIFOR
International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition
The International Conference on Forests, Food Security and Nutrition will take place at FAO in Rome, Italy from 13-15 May, 2013. The Conference aims to increase understanding of the crucial role that forests, trees and agroforestry systems can play in improving the food security and nutrition of rural people, especially in developing countries.
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Crowdsourcing Crop Improvement: A Q&A With Jacob van Etten
Can farmers in developing nations use crowdsourcing to improve crop yields and harvest quality? That’s the question that Jacob van Etten, senior scientist at Bioversity International has recently been putting to the test in northern India.
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.
Recommendations from custodian farmers
A Custodian Farmer workshop held by Bioversity International and partners in New Delhi, India resulted in a list of recommendations for researchers and policymakers to support and recognize the rights and roles of custodian farmers in the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity.
Prem Narain Mathur
Title: Senior Scientist and South Asia Coordinator Prem N. Mathur, an Indian national, has been working at Bioversity International for the past 17 years and is currently the South Asia Coordinator. He is part of several Bioversity International global and regional project activities. These include: promoting the use of plant genetic
Global Consultation on agricultural biodiversity for sustainable food security
Bioversity International co-organized event Global Consultation on Use and Management of Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Food Security is taking place in New Delhi, India – bringing together 58 participants from 36 countries to discuss South-South collaboration to facilitate the conservation and use of plant genetic resources.
Custodian farmers hold key to agricultural biodiversity conservation
On February 11 and 12, Bioversity International and partners will hold a workshop: Custodian farmers of agricultural biodiversity: Policy support for their roles in use and conservation. This workshop will bring together global experts on agricultural biodiversity conservation as well as custodian farmers from South and South East Asia.
International Course in Plant Conservation Biology - March, New Delhi, India 2013
If you are currently involved in seed science and conservation research, this specialist course could be for you. It covers in situ and ex situ approaches and will be delivered by expert scientists including from Bioversity International, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK) and the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (India). Apply by January 16th.
Stefano Padulosi
Currently acting as senior scientist and theme leader for the Marketing Diversity programme, Dr. Stefano Padulosi joined Bioversity in 1993, he is coordinating an international IFAD-funded project in Bolivia, Nepal and India which is testing out novel methods for the participatory documentation of agrobiodiversity, including a Red List monitoring system dedicated to cultivated species.
Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 25 (1) 2012
A special issue to mark 25 years of the official journal of the Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources with contributions from some of our Bioversity scientists.
A fork in the road to Rio: Stopping to meet Dattatreya Hegde
The fifth in our series: 'A fork in the road - meeting farmers on the road to Rio' takes us to the remote village of Salkani, India. Here Dattatreya Hegde cultivates some 35 varieties of mango and a half a dozen types of kokum which brings 20% of his family income. This series is part of our On the road to Rio campaign.
A fork in the road to Rio: India
Dattatreya Hegde cultivates local varieties of mango and half a dozen types of Garcinia indica in the remote village of Salkani. Although arecanut is his main cash crop, selling local fruit varieties is bringing 20% of his family income.
Vavilov-Frankel Fellows 2012 to study responses and tolerance to drought
Bioversity International has awarded this year's Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships to Priyanka Gupta, from the Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (ICAR), and Dejene Kassahun Mengistu, from Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
Bringing neglected and underutilized species back to the table
"It is indeed possible to turn underutilized species into an effective instrument of development and improvement of peoples’ livelihood" - Bioversity scientists look back at the successes of the first UN global effort specifically devoted to the promotion of neglected and underutilized species.
The potential of paying smallholders to conserve traditional crops
New Agriculturist highlights a Bioversity pilot scheme to pay farmers for conserving traditional crop varieties, such as quinoa (pictured), which could help stem the rapid loss of our crop diversity.
Using Neglected and Underutilized Species to empower women in Bolivia and India
Bioversity senior scientist Stefano Padulosi, talks about how a project in India and Bolivia, is encouraging women to reintroduce traditional crops to family diets
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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.
Payments for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services
The application of Payment for Ecosystem Services(PES) specifically for agricultural biodiversity conservation (PACS) is a new idea and Bioversity is at its forefront.
On farm conservation, neglected and underutilized species, and climate change - a new international effort
Bioversity and partners launch a new on farm agricultural biodiversity conservation project, in India, Nepal and Bolivia
Reconnecting Pearl Millet farmers with genebanks in Rajasthan, India
Curan Bonham, a Bioversity-Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow, talks about his recently completed research project.
On-farm conservation, neglected and underutilised species, and the challenge of climate change - a new Bioversity project
Bioversity and partners in India, Nepal and Bolivia, launch a new on farm conservation project in response to an unprecedented loss of species, varieties and traditional knowledge.
Unlocking the potential of minor millets
Newly published research papers reveal the potential of minor millets to improve people’s lives in southern India.
Farmers have a field day in Rajasthan
90 farmers, 12 scientists, 21 pearl millet landraces and a borrowed bus celebrate agrobiodiversity in India.
Karnataka Farmers lead Millet Revival in Southern India
The cultivation of declining traditional millet crops in Karnataka’s dryland tracts has been given a boost with the opening of the southern state's first seedbank specialising in millet strains.
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