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 2013-05-26T09:35:26+02:00 Bioversity International Bioversity International http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/cordoba_declaration_on_promising_crops_for_the_xxi_century.html The Cordoba Declaration, which resulted from the International Seminar Crops for the XXI Century, held last December in Cordoba, Spain, calls for more diversity in agricultural and food systems as it is needed if we are to provide healthy and... 2013-02-19T11:53:05+01:00 Cordoba Declaration on Promising Crops for the XXI Century http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/celebrating_the_2013_un_international_year_of_quinoa.html The 2013 UN International Year of Quinoa will raise awareness of how quinoa can provide nutrition, increase food security, and help eradicate poverty. In 2012, Bioversity International Senior Scientist, Nutrition Marketing Diversity, Stefano... 2013-01-02T09:59:16+01:00 Celebrating the 2013 UN International Year of Quinoa http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/international_seminar_on_neglected_and_underutilized_species.html 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... 2012-12-10T19:28:00+01:00 International Seminar on Neglected and Underutilized Species http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/neglected_crops_why_it_is_critical_we_increase_food_diversity.html 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... 2012-09-14T09:12:58+02:00 Neglected crops: why it is critical we increase food diversity http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/can_cultivated_species_get_their_own_red_list.html 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.... 2012-09-12T11:04:23+02:00 Can cultivated species get their own Red List? 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/highlights/earth_day_research_reading.html An Earth Day 2012 reading list featuring recent Bioversity International publications. 2012-04-18T10:32:37+02:00 Earth Day Research Reading