Crop Biodiversity

Policy Workshop in China – 20 November 2010

December 1st, 2010 | Bioversity Headquarters, China, Events

On the 20th of November a Policy workshop took place in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China to discuss on policy proposals that ensure the conservation of agricultural biodiversity. The workshop was a follow up of the one which took place in August. At the workshop participated representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, UNEP, Bioversity International from HQ, [...]

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Policy workshop in China

October 4th, 2010 | China, Events

On the 31st of August a policy meeting took place in  Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province in China. The workshop aimed at illustrate the results of a policy survey that took place in June 2010. The survey aimed at identify ways to better protect landraces and traditional varieties using policy tools. Different stakeholders, including gene bank managers, farmers’ [...]

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Pest and Disease Project – Policy Page

August 26th, 2010 | News

Welcome to the policy page of the Pest and Disease Project! The project is working with small-scale farmers in four countries—China, Ecuador, Morocco and Uganda—and aims at helping them to make use of the local diversity of key staple crops to minimize the damage caused by pests and diseases. The project focuses on banana (Musa [...]

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Policy Development Workshop

December 18th, 2009 | Bioversity Headquarters

Held by Devra Jarvis, Carlo Fadda,  Paola De Santis, with the support of Dr Susan Bragdon and Isabel Lopez Noriega (Bioversity), attended by 2 participants from each partner country (China, Ecuador, Morocco, Uganda)

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Project Summary

November 26th, 2009 | News

The project aims at ensuring that resource-poor rural populations benefit from reduced crop vulnerability to pest and disease attacks, thanks to a wider use of on-farm genetic diversity.  The purpose of providing farmers and NARS (National Agricultural Research System)  researchers with the tools and practices necessary for managing local crop (intra-specific) genetic diversity is to extend the [...]

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