Research
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.
International conferences and meetings
Latest information from
Translator
Nutrition
Latest news
Lancet series reinforces importance of maternal and child nutrition to solve hunger and malnutrition [Read more]
Bioversity Nutritionist presents: Nutrition Sensitive Landscapes [Read more]
Bioversity presents: Ecosystem sustainability, agricultural biodiversity and diet quality at the Joint Conference in Lille [Read more]
Bioversity tests innovative approach with Save the Children UK to identifying foods for a cost effective nutritious diet [Read more]
Bioversity International is a leading research for development organization dedicated to the use and conservation of biodiversity in agriculture to combat poverty and malnutrition and to enhance the sustainability of agriculture.
An estimated 925 million people are hungry around the world and 175 million children, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, are stunted due to chronic malnourishment.
Food security is not just about the producing enough food for everyone, it is also about the nutritional quality and diversity of that food.
Bioversity International's nutrition programme will promote the use of agricultural biodiversity within food production systems by working with smallholder farmers, and will show that by diversifying diets, using local and traditional foods, it can be a sustainable tool to address malnutrition in developing countries.
Find out more:
- Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project [Read more]
- Improving Nutrition through Local Agrobiodiversity (INULA) project [Read more]
 | Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR consortium |
 |
This work by Bioversity International is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. |
Follow Us
Subscribe here to get the latest update by Email.
You can read our Privacy Policy here
Alternatively you can subscribe by RSS:
[Close]