Nepal
A Course in Nepal on Plant Genetic Resources and Resilient Seed Systems for Sustainable Food Security
Francesca Grazioli, Research Support Officer for the Cacao Genetic Resources Team, Bioversity International, reports on a training on securing...
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...
Promoting agricultural biodiversity on the mountains of Nepal
A new catalogue provides easy reference to diverse crop varieties adapted to mountain agriculture in Nepal to promote a growing demand for...
Mixing methods for holistic project evaluations
What is the value of integrating qualitative analyses in quantitative project evaluations? According to a group of researchers from Bioversity...
Food Fair: An Initiative For Promotion Of Traditional Food Products
Nepal's Food Fair 2016, the first of its kind, showcased recipes made from locally grown crops and explored the potential these crops have for...
Farmers get to work to establish vital community seedbanks in Nepal
After two earthquakes devastated parts of Nepal one year ago, Devendra Gauchan, National Project Manager and Bhuwon Sthapit, Senior Scientist,...
Empowering farming communities to manage biodiversity in Nepal
For the 2016 International Day for Biological Diversity, M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, writes for the 'World Bank Governance for...
Nepali farmers fight to save indigenous seeds
SciDev.Net interviews Bioversity International's Nepal-based Devendra Gauchan, agriculture economist and project manager, about the latest...
Safeguarding native seeds and rebuilding local seed systems in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquakes
Almost a year after two earthquakes devastated parts of Nepal, find out how a Seed Recovery Programme in 10 of the 14 most-affected districts is...
Secrets of Nepalese crops revealed through a new website
Click through the user-friendly interface of the newly-launched Himalayan Crops website and learn fascinating facts about 8000 year-old crops such as...