risk management
New Index outlines agrobiodiversity’s role in food system sustainability
The Agrobiodiversity Index is an innovative tool to calculate how well countries are conserving and using their agricultural biodiversity. The first...
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...
Treating drought like other natural disasters in Guatemala
Bioversity International scientist Jacob van Etten explains how drought drills can improve Guatemala's response to drought, in this Thomson Reuters...
Mixing it up in Uganda: Biodiversity bugs pests
Bioversity International's latest research in Uganda is showing increased evidence that growing different varieties (mixtures) of crops together can...
iButtons to the rescue − improving drought response in Guatemala
Guatemala newspaper (in Spanish) features iButton weather sensors adapted by Bioversity International as part of the government’s plan to reduce...
A new toolkit to measure resilience is now available
Today at the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, Bioversity International is launching a toolkit in partnership with the Satoyama...
Gender affects how landscapes are used for nutrition
Bioversity International scientist Natalia Estrada-Carmona writes about her work in the Barotse floodplain in Zambia, investigating how men and women...
Crop diversification strategies for Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Bioversity International scientist Ronnie Vernooy and national partner V. Vongkhamsao share some of the discussions at a recent workshop on crop...
Celebrating World Food Day with family farmers in Ethiopia
M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International tells us about her recent visit to Ethiopia with the Board of Trustees, and how we are...
Seeds for Needs – Papua New Guinea
As a tribute to the International Year of Family Farming, we would like to present a publication on agriculture in Papua New Guinea through which...