Resources Tagged: Biodiversity

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  1. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR Centers) Websites

    The CGIAR (Link ) is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor. Their mission is to achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related...
    Sustainable Agricu... Food Security Biodiversity Plant Genetics Smallholder Farm Agroforestry Agriculture Develo... Asia

  2. Agrobiodiversity Index Report 2019: Risk and Resilience

    2019-01-20 The first Agrobiodiversity Index Report assesses dimensions of agrobiodiversity in ten countries to measure food system sustainability and resilience. Countries receive an overall Agrobiodiversity Index score that indicates their progress in using and safeguarding agrobiodiversity to create...
    Biodiversity

  3. Conservation and Food Security Issues

    2017-02-08 Conflicts abound with conservation and food security issues. Solutions and best practices will be shared. Presenter :Dr. James Kahurananga was the past director of the Africa Wildlife Foundation, and has 50 years experience in the field of conservation of biodiversity within Tanzania, Kenya,...
    conservation Food Security Ecology Biodiversity Wildlife East Africa

  4. The Importance of Indigenous Food Plants

    2011-10-20 An important part of ECHO’s ministry is sharing information about underutilized plants. Many of the seeds in our seed bank are for crops that have not been heavily researched, but that have been found to grow well under challenging conditions and that are already important to people in some...
    Underutilized Crops Food Security Biodiversity Indigenous Food Pl...

  5. Innovators and Promotors of Agricultural Biodiversity

    2015-10-06
    Biodiversity Asia

  6. Strengthening Informal Seed Systems to Enhance Food Security in Southeast Asia

    Abstract, 2013, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development -- Gill, T. B., Bates, R., Bicksler, A., Burnette, R., Ricciardi, V., & Yoder, L. (2013). Strengthening informal seed systems to enhance food security in Southeast Asia.J. Agric., Food Syst., Commun. Dev,3,...
    Appropriate Techno... Biodiversity Cambodia Thailand Food Security Seed Systems

  7. Biodiversity International e-Library

    In June 2014, Bioversity International celebrated its 40th anniversary. The organization’s focus has changed over time. Early work focused on the emergency conservation of crop genetic resources in genebanks. Today we deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and...
    Library Biodiversity

  8. Mainstreaming Agrobiodiversity in Sustainable Food Systems

    The first comprehensive scientific analysis of how agrobiodiversity can make our vulnerable food system more resilient, sustainable and nutritious has been carried out by leading agrobiodiversity research centre Bioversity International. The 200-page guide provides solid evidence that investments...
    Biodiversity Food Systems

  9. Tropical fruit tree diversity - Biodiversity International

    Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case...
    JCB Propagation Plant Propagation Biodiversity

  10. Biodiversity and Conservation

    Biodiversity and Conservation is an international journal that publishes articles on all aspects of biological diversity-its description, analysis and conservation, and its controlled rational use by humankind. The scope of Biodiversity and Conservation is wide and multidisciplinary, and embraces...
    Journal Biodiversity Conservation Agric...