nutrition & health
The Great Food Transformation
Launched today, the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems sets out proposed global scientific targets to drive the...
Bioversity International featured at Africa’s biggest gathering of nutritionists
Bioversity International showcased its research addressing the lack of important micronutrients in African diets at Africa’s biggest gathering of...
Using vignettes to explore gender issues related to food security and nutrition
Giulia Micheletti, Marlène Elias, and Jessica Raneri of Bioversity International describe a nutrition-sensitive version of GENNOVATE, in which a...
Dietary Species Richness, an important measure of a healthy diet
A validated biodiversity indicator points to the importance of diversity in diets to improve human and planetary health.
A spotlight on the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
Dedicated to studying how diversification of diets and underutilized crops provide nutrients, Bioversity International scientists co-authored chapters...
Food and nutrition are moving to the city
Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, welcomes the 2017 Global Food Policy Report, published today by the International Food...
Enabled or disabled: is the environment right for using biodiversity to improve nutrition?
A new paper discusses the benefits of biodiversity for nutrition and explores what an enabling environment for biodiversity to improve nutrition might...
Making millets matter in Madhya Pradesh
A decline in minor millet cultivation rings true across much of India. Yet a country wide revival of this cereal crop is in motion. Farmers are once...
G7 leaders’ declaration on food security and nutrition
Empowering women, improving nutrition through a people-centered approach and ensuring sustainability and resilience within agriculture and food...
Why governments should look to agricultural biodiversity to contribute to the Decade of Action on Nutrition
In her latest blog post, M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International welcomes the Decade of Action on Nutrition and highlights the...