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 2013-05-21T10:37:17+02:00 Bioversity International Bioversity International http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/crowdsourcing_crop_improvement_a_qa_with_jacob_van_etten.html 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. 2013-04-02T10:34:16+02:00 Crowdsourcing Crop Improvement: A Q A With Jacob van Etten http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/farmers_testing_wheat_crops_for_climate_change_adaptation.html 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... 2013-03-12T13:18:13+01:00 Farmers testing wheat crops for climate change adaptation http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/recommendations_from_custodian_farmers.html 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... 2013-03-05T11:57:17+01:00 Recommendations from custodian farmers http://www.bioversityinternational.org/bios/prem_narain_mathur.html 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... 2013-02-14T14:54:00+01:00 Prem Narain Mathur http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/global_consultation_on_agricultural_biodiversity_for_sustainable_food_security.html 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... 2013-02-11T09:49:16+01:00 Global Consultation on agricultural biodiversity for sustainable food security http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/custodian_farmers_hold_key_to_agricultural_biodiversity_conservation.html 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... 2013-02-09T09:23:00+01:00 Custodian farmers hold key to agricultural biodiversity conservation http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/international_course_in_plant_conservation_biology.html 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... 2013-01-10T11:30:19+01:00 International Course in Plant Conservation Biology - March, New Delhi, India 2013 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/indian_journal_of_plant_genetic_resources_25th_anniversary.html 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. 2012-06-08T09:53:45+02:00 Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 25 (1) 2012 http://www.bioversityinternational.org/farmer_stories/a_fork_in_the_road_to_rio_india.html 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. 2012-05-29T11:55:57+02:00 A fork in the road to Rio: India http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/vavilov_frankel_fellowship_2012_winners_announced.html 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. 2012-04-16T10:00:00+02:00 Vavilov-Frankel Fellows 2012 to study responses and tolerance to drought http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/bringing_neglected_and_underutilized_species_back_to_the_table.html "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... 2012-02-21T17:30:00+01:00 Bringing neglected and underutilized species back to the table 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.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/announcements/archived/reconnecting_pearl_millet_farmers.html Curan Bonham, a Bioversity-Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow, talks about his recently completed research project. 2011-06-15T11:56:52+02:00 Reconnecting Pearl Millet farmers with genebanks in Rajasthan, India 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/announcements/archived/unlocking_the_potential_of_minor_millets.html Newly published research papers reveal the potential of minor millets to improve people’s lives in southern India. 2010-10-18T14:17:52+02:00 Unlocking the potential of minor millets http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/farmers_have_a_field_day_in_rajasthan.html 90 farmers, 12 scientists, 21 pearl millet landraces and a borrowed bus celebrate agrobiodiversity in India. 2010-10-13T12:13:29+02:00 Farmers have a field day in Rajasthan