Bioversity International Press Releases

Bioversity International and Belgian university join efforts to support banana research

Leuven, Belgium, March 1, 2013

Bioversity International has signed an agreement with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) to support the world’s collection of banana and plantain germplasm. Per the agreement signed today, Bioversity will host its Musa germplasm collection at the new premises of KU Leuven, which will maintain the facilities to be called the Bioversity Musa Germplasm Transit Centre.

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Hunger Run 2012 and Crescita SMS Campaign Press Conference

Rome, October 11, 2012
Hunger Run 2012 and Crescita SMS Campaign Press Conference: two initiatives to help those affected by drought and poor harvests in Kenya. Roma Capitale and Valentina Vezzali join FAO, IFAD, WFP, Bioversity International and Gruppo Sportivo Bancari Romani to launch event.
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UN Meeting on Biodiversity: 8-19 October, Hyderabad, India

Rome, October 8, 2012
Agricultural and tree biodiversity is an important tool to help achieve world biodiversity targets under discussion at the XI Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Diets must become sustainable say FAO and Bioversity

Rome, August 8, 2012
Immediate action to promote sustainable diets and food biodiversity so as to improve the health of humans and of the planet is urged in a book just published by FAO  [4] and Bioversity International.
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For a sustainable future, agricultural biodiversity is part of the solution

Rome, June 12, 2012
As our climate changes and our population grows, a critical research area in the quest for food and nutrition security and sustainability is agricultural and tree biodiversity, says the leader of a global research institute speaking at Rio+20. 
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