Geneflow
- 2006
From here you can explore the various stories contained in Geneflow 2006, Bioversity's publication about agricultural biodiversity. This edition includes a special section on crop wild relatives.
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A publication about agricultural biodiversity
Historic seed treaty promotes food security
Meetings are as commonplace as mosquitoes in the tropics and few have the potential to change the world for the better. But last June, Spain hosted an historic congress that may do just that.The Governing Body of the...
Call for global initiative on biodiversity and nutrition
The Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity have called on Bioversity International and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to mount an initiative to address a major symptom and cause of...
Kenyans flock back to traditional leafy vegetables
Sales of traditional African leafy vegetables at supermarkets in Nairobi have rocketed an astonishing 1100% in the past two years. Informal market sales have increased too, as supermarket sales have legitimized products long...
Seed treaty confirms essential role of Crop Trust
The Global Crop Diversity Trust continues to make significant strides towards its goal of conserving the world's crop diversity forever.In June 2006 the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...
Arctic vault to safeguard future food
As polar bears prowled the small island of Svalbard near the North Pole, five heads of state laid the cornerstone for a fail-safe seed vault that could prove to be a major hedge against catastrophe—part of a global strategy to...
Geographical indication protection a strategy for neglected crops
National and international markets are increasingly demanding novel food products in response to emerging consumer trends toward exotic foods and healthful or functional ingredients.Shifting demands provide new opportunities for...
Green and yellow foods linked to healthier arteries
A recent study shows the positive link between diets rich in green and yellow foods and reduced development of atherosclerosis, a condition where fatty substances, such as cholesterol, and calcium collect along the inner lining...
Blue fruit and novel tastes selling agroforestry delicacies in central Africa
It may be the most widely consumed fruit in central Africa, but until now people in that region have kept the secret of safou very much to themselves.
“It's a tasty, beautiful blue fruit with enormous regional and...
Meeting a new threat to the world's favourite fruit
Do you remember bananas tasting better when you were a child? (This question is addressed to the over-50s.) Do your parents or grandparents reminisce that bananas tasted better in their childhood? (This is addressed to the...
Total makeover for crop diversity conservation in Peru
A successful international collaboration has provided Peru with the modern genebank and research facilities it needs to protect and use its rich heritage of crop diversity.Peru lies at the heart of the Andean cradle of plant...
Conservation on a shoestring
If you were asked to picture a genebank (assuming you knew what that meant), you might conjure up an image of a high tech conservation facility, complete with robots, test tubes and vats of liquid nitrogen for low-temperature...
A global platform for agrobiodiversity research
A new initiative is providing a neutral space for exploring the often politicized issues associated with agrobiodiversity.
The initiative, known as the Platform for Agricultural Biodiversity Research, provides an opportunity...
A case of accidental extinction: the importance of farm animal conservation
Mangal Sunani, a farmer in eastern India, was thrilled to learn that the government would give him a special cow as part of a dairy development scheme to reduce poverty.He thought that the cow, impregnated with Jersey semen,...
Ocean blues: urgent action needed to protect deep seas
Over-fishing, pollution and climate change are causing irreversible damage to the world's marine areas.This is the conclusion of a recent report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Conservation Union...
Underwater mountain houses marine treasures
Scientists have discovered an underwater mountain harbouring some of the richest diversity of marine life in the Caribbean.
The Saba Bank Atoll, located in the Netherlands Antilles, is the third largest atoll in the world....
Rejuvenating the Sahelian parklands
Desertification, infertile soils and droughts that last for years are among the challenges facing nearly 50 million people living in the Sahel region of West Africa. One of the secrets to the people's survival is an indigenous...
Eucalypts and climate change diversity could suffer major impacts
Recent studies predict that climate change poses a major threat to many eucalypts—tree species belonging to three closely related genera: Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus.In 1996, ecologist Lesley Hughes and colleagues carried...
Cultivating peace through rice
After many years, the hills of Rwanda are once again alive with the sound of music: farmers singing in the fields as they go about sowing and harvesting their crops.The anguished cries of the 1994 genocide, which resulted in the...
Mixed news on AIDS
Despite evidence that the global AIDS epidemic has begun to slow in some countries, the disease continues to have a devastating impact on agriculture around the world.HIV/AIDS typically strikes during a person's most productive...
