Eastern and Southern Africa
Farming with Joy: How to build resilience one bean at a time
Joy Mugisha is leading the way for rural women in Uganda by conserving and promoting local crop diversity.
African researchers of beans, the superfood of the future, win Al-Sumait Prize
On World Pulses Day, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) received the prestigious Al-Sumait Prize Award in recognition of its role in bean...
Ushauri: agricultural advice is just a phone call away
Researchers explain how user-centered design produced a mobile platform (named 'Advice' in Swahili) that matches agricultural extension services with...
Empowering communities to use agrobiodiversity for nutritious diets
In a new GIZ-funded project in Kenya and Ethiopia, communities will develop their own action plans to improve nutrition and diet diversity with...
Bridging agriculture and environment: Southern African crop wild relative regional network
A new project funded by the Darwin Initiative is bringing together Southern African countries and international research organizations to establish a...
Ask the innovators: Which agricultural practices work best locally?
A new study by Bioversity International explores the power of ‘positive deviance’ in Tanzania. By working with highly successful farmers, this...
Farmer science accelerates climate adaptation
A new study in PNAS addresses the challenge of climate adaptation in a way that is both scalable and targeted. Scientists demonstrate a unique...
Bioversity International featured at Africa’s biggest gathering of nutritionists
Bioversity International showcased its research addressing the lack of important micronutrients in African diets at Africa’s biggest gathering of...
From agronomic practices to gender norms and agency in banana disease management
On the International Day of Rural Women, our researcher François Iradukunda reflects on how a new perspective on gender has changed the way he works...
Hedge your bets in resilient landscape restoration
Bioversity International launched the 'Trees for Seeds: Resilient forest restoration' initiative at the Global Landscapes Forum one month ago in...