Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium

Meeting with farmers during a CGIAR Research Program scoping study in northwestern Vietnam. Credit: Bioversity International/L.Sebastian

Bioversity International is proud to be a CGIAR Research Centre. Supported by CGIAR Trust Fund members and in close collaboration with the other 14 CGIAR Centres and hundreds of partner organizations, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia and the private sector, in 2018 Bioversity International participated in:

Three Agri-Food System CGIAR Research Programs

Four Global Integrating Programs

Two Research Support Platforms

CGIAR is supported by contributors to the CGIAR Trust Fund.

Partnership news:

Minor millets are adapted to a range of marginal growing conditions and are very nutritious. They require few inputs and withstand severe biotic and abiotic stresses. Credit: Bioversity International/S.Padulosi

Making local crops work for nutrition-sensitive agriculture

27 August 2019

A new framework will guide practitioners to use a broad portfolio of crop species to bring nutrition back to the table.

Why climate change means a rethink of coffee and cocoa production systems

19 June 2019

New research by an international group of scientists, from Inland Norway University, Bioversity International, Wageningen University and the World...

New Index outlines agrobiodiversity’s role in food system sustainability

11 June 2019

The Agrobiodiversity Index is an innovative tool to calculate how well countries are conserving and using their agricultural biodiversity. The first...

Bioversity International and CIAT implement a roadmap to make the Alliance operative

14 May 2019

Communiqué n.6 – Bioversity International and CIAT advance in establishing an Alliance to deliver research-based solutions to the biggest challenges...