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 2013-05-19T14:01:44+02:00 Bioversity International Bioversity International http://www.bioversityinternational.org/commodity_systems_and_genetic_resources.html Bioversity International s Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources Programme contributes to the conservation and use of genetic resources, sustainable production, and value adding in the banana, cacao and coconut sectors. 2012-12-19T13:09:25+01:00 Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/cacao_yesterday_today_and_tomorrow.html Climate models, DNA analysis, geographic information systems and genebanks come together to illuminate the past and safeguard the future of the tree that gives us chocolate. Photo: IITA 2012-11-06T09:48:11+01:00 Cacao: yesterday, today and tomorrow http://www.bioversityinternational.org/bios/evert_thomas.html Evert Thomas, a native of Belgium, joined the AMS office in April 2011. His main task consists of enhancing the conservation and use of forest genetic resources, among others through the use of spatial diversity analysis. Evert is also contributing... 2012-10-30T10:15:09+01:00 Evert Thomas http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/a_strategy_to_safeguard_the_future_of_chocolate.html The vast global chocolate industry — worth more than US$100 billion a year — rests on shaky agricultural foundations. Millions of farmers have just a few trees each, and those trees are constantly under threat from a range of pests and diseases.... 2012-10-17T15:10:25+02:00 A strategy to safeguard the future of chocolate http://www.bioversityinternational.org/bios/vincent_johnson.html Vincent joined Bioversity in April 2008 since when he has been working as the Process Manager and Science Editor for Bioversity’s Commodity Genetic Resources, Productivity and Value-Chains program in Montpellier, France. The program focuses on three... 2012-05-15T17:14:39+02:00 Vincent Johnson http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/stemming_the_spread_of_cacao_pests_and_diseases.html Updated guidelines for the safe movement of cacao germplasm take into account increased risk of pests and diseases. 2011-05-13T15:30:00+02:00 Stemming the spread of cacao pests and diseases http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/cocoa_farmers_full_of_beans_for_a_brighter_future.html A new Bioversity report examines how a growing taste for quality chocolate can pay for smallholder rural families. 2011-01-13T14:03:54+01:00 Cocoa farmers full of beans for a brighter future http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/cacao_as_charismatic_species.html Conservationists have their Siberian Tigers, Blue Whales and Coral Reefs. But where is the charismatic agricultural biodiversity? 2010-09-14T13:14:39+02:00 Cacao as charismatic species