Honduras
A fresh look at crop seeds for healthy diets
As we get ready for World Food Day, researcher Jacob van Etten reminds us that seeds are a central piece of our food systems, as the vehicles that...
Participatory research is a serious game
On a warm afternoon in a small farming village in Honduras, half a dozen farmers sit with a visitor from an NGO they’ve worked with before. They’re...
Fiat panis award for thesis research on citizen science for climate change adaptation in Honduras
During Tropentag 2016 held in Vienna, Jonathan Steinke from Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, received the fiat panis Hans H Ruthenberg graduate...
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...
Girls crossing the desert - a reflection of an agricultural researcher
On International Women's Day 2015, Jacob van Etten, agricultural researcher with Bioversity International who is based in Central America, reflects on...
USAID partners with Bioversity International on Crowdsourced Crop Improvement
Bioversity International has been awarded $1 million by the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program at USAID for crowdsourced crop improvement...