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Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis

Diversity of the neglected and underutilized crop species of importance in Benin

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Happy International Day of Biodiversity

Join us on a journey to find out more about work we are doing to promote the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity. Bioversity International celebrates smallholder farmers who are using and conserving vital biodiversity around the world.

Experts call for action to address the loss of knowledge about plants

Concerned by the alarming loss of plant species, on 1-2 May international experts met in St Louis, USA, calling for a concerted worldwide effort to address the loss of essential knowledge about plants and their uses, especially at the level of local communities.

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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.

International Seminar on Neglected and Underutilized Species

Bioversity International is a co-organizer of the International Seminar Old and New Crops To Meet The Challenges Of The XXI Century where researchers, farmers’ representatives, policymakers and donors will discuss how neglected and underutilized species can be best mobilized to support the fight against hunger and rural poverty in the world.

Neglected crops: why it is critical we increase food diversity

As the IUCN World Conservation Congress comes to a close this weekend, Bioversity scientists Stefano Padulosi and Carlo Fadda look at why crop diversity is vital for food security in a report from the joint Bioversity International and CIFOR workshop.

Can cultivated species get their own Red List?

Stefano Padulosi, a Bioversity senior scientist, (pictured here with Prof. MS Swaminathan at the IUCN World Conservation Congress this week in Korea), looks at the need to develop Red Lists for cultivated species, not just for wild biodiversity. Check out the CCAFS blog for more.

Upcoming training course on value chain research - extended deadline

Fonio is one of priority species for neglected and underutilized species (NUS) research in West Africa. To improve the quality of applied research on value chains of priority NUS crops, we are organizing a training course and inviting candidates from Benin, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria or Senegal to send applications by 5 August. Photo: Emilia Tjernström/Flickr

Training course on Value Chain Research on Neglected and Underutilized Species of Plants

The call for manuscripts and applications is open for candidates from Benin, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Deadline 5 August 2012.

The potential of neglected and underutilized species - more than just a piece of quinoa cake

Today's Rio+20 blog post is from Dr. Stefano Padulosi, Bioversity Research theme leader, Marketing Diversity, highlights the potential of neglected and underutilized species for food security,in his personal account about eating quinoa cake in Bolivia. 2013 has been declared as the International Year of Quinoa by the United Nations.

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.

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.

Earth Day Research Reading

An Earth Day 2012 reading list featuring recent Bioversity International publications.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Neglected and Underutilized Species research gets a big boost in Malaysia

An innovative research centre, specifically designed to evaluate underutilized crops, is launched in Kuala Lumpur.

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

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.