ex situ conservation
CacaoNet Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Cacao Germplasm
The CacaoNet Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Cacao Germplasm provide information on the precautions and quarantine measures to minimize...
The Democratic Republic of Congo home to one of the highest diversity of plantains in Africa
A series of collecting missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals the extent of the country’s plantain diversity. Plantains are cooking...
New video on crop wild relatives
What role do crop wild relatives play in making agriculture more sustainable in the face of climate change? Find out in this video featuring...
Important steps towards a global strategy for coconut conservation and use
Coconut-producing countries and international organizations to meet in Sri Lanka from 13-16 July to discuss the future of coconut genetic resources...
Saving seeds locally: the role of community seedbanks
Community seedbanks play an important role in the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity – we break down the three core areas in this blog...
International conference on capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement
On 16-20 June, 150 participants from 30 countries will showcase new research and insights at the conference Enhanced genepool utilization - Capturing...
Crop wild relatives - a key asset for sustainable agriculture
Since the beginnings of agriculture, crop wild relatives have been used to improve the yields and nutritional quality of crops. Many are now at risk...
Noah's Ark for bananas
The Independent highlights the importance of the world’s largest collection of banana germplasm, held in trust in Belgium and managed by Bioversity...
An action plan to conserve and use the diversity of Mesoamerica
Bioversity International has been working with over 100 stakeholders to develop this 10-year action plan to strengthen the role of plant genetic...
Un Plan de Acción para conservar y usar la diversidad Mesoamericana
Bioversity International ha trabajado con más de 100 partes interesadas para desarrollar este plan de acción para fortalecer el papel de los recursos...