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Behind the rhetoric what is really being done to combat desertification?
In The Independent, Nora Berrahmouni, a forestry officer for FAO and Michele Bozzano, forestry researcher at Bioversity International, point out that for the Green Wall project to succeed, "you need to plant the right [tree] species in the right place" and involve and benefit local communities and help change the belief that taking care of the environment is a luxury.
Genes are gems for food security
Risk management in the face of climate change is something we can all learn from smallholder farmers. As climate change stalks global agriculture, researchers should collaborate with smallholder farmers in enhancing the diversification of crops to ensure food security, says Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International.
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Bioversity Headquarters Library and Information Services, Rome, holds over 6000 documents relating to our key research areas of sustainable agriculture, conservation and nutrition.
Bioversity library is open to external users, by appointment.
Staff will be happy to help you to identify, locate and retrieve bibliographic information in print and non-print formats, and to find your way around the library collections.
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