climate change
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...
A global community seedbank platform
Genetic Resources Policy Specialist, Ronnie Vernooy, discusses how Bioversity International and partners tackle the need for greater connectivity...
Untold Tale of the Tepary
This holiday season, Bioversity International tells the story of the nutritious and resilient, yet small and underutilized tepary bean, and the...
Which are the right crops to enable food security under future climates?
A new paper sets out to determine if crop-specific research investments can be prioritized to anticipate climate change impact on crops and enable the...
A food security monitoring and early warning system for Guatemala
Supported by Bioversity International and CCAFS, the Guatemala Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security implemented a digital platform to improve...
A threat-mapping approach to guide conservation of food tree species in Burkina Faso
In a recent article on PLOS ONE, Bioversity International researchers and partners have analyzed 16 food tree species in Burkina Faso and 6 key...
Costa Rica improves risk-management with digital emergency response system
Bioversity International’s agro-climatic risk management, in cooperation with The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica, produced a...
Community seedbanks: securing diversity for climate change adaptation
Bioversity International’s policy scientist Ronnie Vernooy explains to Degrees of Latitude why community seedbanks are important for farming systems’...
Central American professionals learn about farmer citizen science for climate adaptation
79 professionals from NGOs, farmer organizations and research institutes in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala learned about an exciting methodology...
Ethiopian wheat offers unique source of diversity for weathering climate change
A pioneering study by Scuola Sant’Anna, Bioversity International and partners has revealed that Ethiopian durum wheat is a fresh source of genetic...