http://www.bioversityinternational.org/ Bioversity International - Research to improve the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition, livelihoods and enhance sustainability for smallholder farmers en Bioversity International 2013-06-19T17:43:36+02:00 Bioversity International Bioversity International http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/crazy_for_quinoa_in_bolivia.html Today is the official launch of the UN International Year of Quinoa. Celebrate by watching a video about how a campaign by Bioversity International, IFAD and PROINPA to promote quinoa consumption in Bolivia is not only improving diets but the... 2013-02-20T09:31:33+01:00 Crazy for quinoa in Bolivia http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/linking_chilli_diversity_to_markets_in_peru.html Peru and Bolivia are home to the most diverse concentrations of Capsicum in the world, yet much of this diversity remains neglected and undervalued. To assist market development, Bioversity is coordinating a project to link Capsicum small-scale... 2012-09-28T10:58:36+02:00 Linking chilli diversity to markets in Peru http://www.bioversityinternational.org/working_with_smallholder_farmers/linking_chilli_diversity_to_markets_in_peru.html Peru and Bolivia are home to the largest and most diverse concentrations of Capsicum in the world, yet much of this diversity remains neglected and undervalued. To assist market development, Bioversity is coordinating a three-year project to link... 2012-09-28T10:35:17+02:00 Linking chilli diversity to markets in Peru http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/the_potential_of_neglected_and_underutilized_species_more_than_just_a_piece_of_quinoa_cake.html 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... 2012-06-19T14:29:07+02:00 The potential of neglected and underutilized species - more than just a piece of quinoa cake http://www.bioversityinternational.org/bios/stefano_padulosi.html 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... 2012-06-19T08:54:07+02:00 Stefano Padulosi http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/the_impact_of_organic_bananas_in_alto_beni_bolivia.html Poor farmers in the Alto Beni region of Bolivia continue to enjoy improved livelihoods thanks to a project on organic bananas implemented by Bioversity International. An impact assessment, using an asset-based livelihoods approach, found that 85% of... 2012-04-30T11:19:45+02:00 The impact of organic bananas in Alto Beni, Bolivia http://www.bioversityinternational.org/impact/the_impact_of_organic_bananas_in_alto_beni_bolivia.html Poor farmers in the Alto Beni region of Bolivia continue to enjoy improved livelihoods thanks to a project on organic bananas implemented by Bioversity International. 2012-04-30T10:39:33+02:00 The impact of organic bananas in Alto Beni, Bolivia http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/pacs/un_concurso_competitivo_para_conservar_variedades_amenazadas_de_quinua_en_bolivia_y_peru.html 38 comunidades en Bolivia y Perú compiten por conservar variedades nativas identificadas en estado de riesgo 2011-11-07T14:10:37+01:00 Un concurso competitivo para conservar variedades amenazadas de quinua en Bolivia y Perú http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/nus_bolivia_and_india.html Bioversity senior scientist Stefano Padulosi, talks about how a project in India and Bolivia, is encouraging women to reintroduce traditional crops to family diets 2011-10-07T10:12:49+02:00 Using Neglected and Underutilized Species to empower women in Bolivia and India http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/nutrition/our_tools.html 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. 2011-09-15T11:17:49+02:00 Our tools http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/pacs/quinoa_tender.html 38 communities in Bolivia and Peru compete to conserve endangered landraces. 2011-07-05T13:35:39+02:00 A competitive tender to conserve threatened quinoa varieties in Bolivia and Peru http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/pacs.html The application of Payment for Ecosystem Services(PES) specifically for agricultural biodiversity conservation (PACS) is a new idea and Bioversity is at its forefront. 2011-06-30T14:03:25+02:00 Payments for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/on_farm_conservation_neglected_and_underutilized_species_and_climate_change.html Bioversity and partners launch a new on farm agricultural biodiversity conservation project, in India, Nepal and Bolivia 2011-06-22T10:33:00+02:00 On farm conservation, neglected and underutilized species, and climate change - a new international effort http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/neglected_underutilized_species/on_farm_conservation_neglected_and_underutilised_species_and_the_challenge_of_climate_change_a_new_bioversity_project.html 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. 2011-06-14T13:59:32+02:00 On-farm conservation, neglected and underutilised species, and the challenge of climate change - a new Bioversity project http://www.bioversityinternational.org/old_content_no_longer_visible/nutrition_old_pages/dietary_diversity/maintaining_crop_and_cultural_diversity_in_the_andes.html Bioversity is working with farmers and consumers to promote and encourage crop diversity in the Andes through promotional campaigns and seeds fairs. 2010-09-15T13:34:23+02:00 Maintaining crop and cultural diversity in the Andes