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Busia, first county in Kenya to endorse a Biodiversity Conservation Policy
Busia has become the first of Kenya’s 47 counties to endorse a Biodiversity Conservation Policy. Emphasizing the economic and nutritional potential of...
Disrupting agricultural and tree biodiversity science – a review of Bioversity International’s 2017
On the International Day of Biological Diversity, which in 2018 marks 25 years of action for biodiversity, our Director General, Ann Tutwiler is proud...
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...
A toast to cocoa diversity
In celebration of the International Day of Biological Diversity, we invited Richard Scobey, President of the World Cocoa Foundation, a Bioversity...
Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut
Effective value chains can increase the presence of a crop in markets and enable farmers to earn reliable incomes, which encourages continued...
Women at the helm of change – one-on-one with the Kyanika Adult Women Group
Kyanika Adult Women Group has been a significant stakeholder in Bioversity International’s work in Kitui region, Kenya, for almost two decades. Irene...
Workshop on data management in agriculture
PhenoHarmonIS workshop 2018, organized by Bioversity International and partners, on harmonization of data for plants will take place on 14-18 May in...
Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit Memorial Fellowship Fundraising Appeal
Following the passing of our dear colleague Dr Bhuwon Sthapit, we are proud to launch a fundraising campaign to establish a fellowship programme to...
Uniting efforts to enhance the use of neglected Mayan superfood chaya
Rose Robitaille, Research Fellow, Healthy diets from sustainable food systems, discusses the potential of chaya, an underutilized Mayan spinach, and...
Inyectando diversidad para reforzar la inmunidad al cambio climático y a la inseguridad alimentaria
El científico senior de Bioversity International Stefano Padulosi y el economista principal Adam Drucker informan sobre el éxito de la primera edición...