May 22nd, 2013 | Featured, Initiatives, News
Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey have joined forces under the umbrella of the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project to explore how best to promote nutritionally-rich species and, by so-doing, develop and conserve them.
An initiative funded by GEF and coordinated by Bioversity International
May 20th, 2013 | Announcements, News
Simran Sethi is writing a book on the loss of agrobiodiversity through our food chain and would be delighted to hear from you
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May 14th, 2013 | Initiatives, News
Calling for A Global Program on Conservation of Useful Plants and Traditional Knowledge to address the tragic loss of plant diversity and for the development of a concerted effort worldwide to address the loss of essential knowledge about plants and their uses, especially at the level of local communities.
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May 8th, 2013 | News
The PAR Steering Committee met on 21 February, 2013.
Read what was discussed and see the presentations delivered
May 2nd, 2013 | Events
The role of agrobiodiversity, custodian farmers, sustainable intensification and much more will be on the agenda of an International Symposium on Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Development organized by Bioversity International, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
3-4 June – Beijing, China
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May 2nd, 2013 | Featured, Initiatives
Indigenous food and issues of food sovereignty discussed during food festival organized as part of Western Ghats civil society Conclave at Mahabaleshwar India, provided a context in which tribal people could share wider concerns about environmental sustainability, political sovereignty and preservation of traditional culture, and also interact with other conclave participants from the position of specialists and experts in their own field.
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