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Testing farmers evolutionary plant breeding strategies for coping with climate change
Bioversity International and IFAD are pleased to announce an IFAD grant of $3.5 million and national co-funding of $2.1 million, on the use of genetic...
A toast to cocoa diversity
In celebration of the International Day of Biological Diversity, we invited Richard Scobey, President of the World Cocoa Foundation, a Bioversity...
Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut
Effective value chains can increase the presence of a crop in markets and enable farmers to earn reliable incomes, which encourages continued...
How Transformative Agrobiodiversity Innovations help advance the G7’s agenda on agricultural development
As Italy’s G7 Presidential Agenda draws to a close, Bioversity International’s Private Sector Engagement Coordinator, Gianpiero Menza, reports on what...
The 2017 International Cocoa Award Winners
Following a selection and evaluation process of 166 cocoa samples submitted from 40 countries, the wait was finally over tonight for the 50 entrants...
Saving the Pacific's coconuts
Coconut-producing countries and international organizations will meet in Fiji from 31st October to 4th November 2017 to discuss the future of coconut...
Belgium renews strong support to Bioversity International’s banana research
In September, the Belgian Government has strongly committed to support Bioversity International’s banana research activities that contribute to...
Ethiopian farmer communities – from citizen scientists to published authors
Ethiopian farmers’ knowledge was crucial in selecting wheat varieties that can ensure food security and climate resilience. Researchers in Italy and...
Bioversity International joins the Congo Basin Institute
Bioversity International’s forest genetic resources researchers join forces with the Congo Basin Institute (CBI), a collaboration that aims to create...
Guidelines for innovation platforms
Innovation platforms are fast becoming part of the mantra of agricultural research-for-development projects and programmes. These guidelines will help...