It is 30 years since IPGRI came into being, as the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, under the protective wing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. For all that time, regardless of the focus of its work, IPGRI has taken it as axiomatic that agricultural b...
La agrobiodiversidad — entendida como la diversidad de plantas yanimales que da soporte a los sistemas agrícolas — es un área importantede la ciencia y la política que poco se refleja en los programas y planesde estudio de las universidades. Esta hoja divulgativa analiza por qué esnecesario forma...
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[Aprendiendo sobre la importancia de la agrobiodiversidad y el papel de las universidades]
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Aprendiendo sobre la importancia de la agrobiodiversidad y el papel de las universidades
In 2001, with financial backing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Bioversity International started a programme called Enhancing the contribution of neglected and underutilized species to food security and to incomes of the rural poor. This programme was successfully...
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[Neglected no more: Achievements of the IFAD-NUS project (2001-2005)Framework for its follow-up initiative (2007-2009)]
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Neglected no more: Achievements of the IFAD-NUS project (2001-2005)Framework for its follow-up initiative (2007-2009)
Since the adoption of the Programme of Work on Agricultural Biodiversity in 2000 (Decision V/5, annex 5), there has been a substantial expansion of work on the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity throughout the world. This pamphlet describes the results of a range of collaborative i...
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[Implementing the Agricultural Biodiversity Programme of Work: The contribution of Bioversity International and its partners]
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Implementing the Agricultural Biodiversity Programme of Work: The contribution of Bioversity International and its partners
Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization seeking solutions to global issues through the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity.Bioversity International’s purpose is to investigate the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity in ...
Although it was domesticated some 3,000 years ago, quinoa is one of those foods that, until recently, was practically unknown outside of the high Andes. Today, anyone who keeps up with the latest trends in healthy eating knows about the nutritious properties of this superfood. It provided sustena...
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[Harvesting quinoa diversity with Payment for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services: Bioversity International cultivates incentives for farmers to use and conserve diversity)]
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Harvesting quinoa diversity with Payment for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services: Bioversity International cultivates incentives for farmers to use and conserve diversity)
The factsheet presents some initial findings of a multi-country climate change survey carried out in Peru, Zimbabwe and Vietnam in 2012-2013 by the Asociación para la Naturaleza y el Desarrollo Sostenible (ANDES), Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT), the Southeast Asia Regional Initiati...
Bioversity International
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Asociación para la Naturaleza y el Desarrollo Sostenible
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Community Technology Development Trust
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Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment
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Oxfam Novib
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[Briefing note: Building on farmers' perception and traditional knowledge: biodiversity management for climate change adaptation strategies]
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Briefing note: Building on farmers' perception and traditional knowledge: biodiversity management for climate change adaptation strategies
The second meeting of the ECPGR Vitis Working Group was held 18-20 September 2012 at Siebeldingen, Germany, involving 18 WG members and 3 observers. The meeting was organized in collaboration with the Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof, Siebeldingen. All Vi...
Maggioni, L.
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Engels, J.
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Maul, E.
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Ortiz, J.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Vitis: Second meeting, 18-20 September 2012, Siebeldingen, Germany]
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Report of a Working Group on Vitis: Second meeting, 18-20 September 2012, Siebeldingen, Germany
Bioversity International es una organización de investigación para el desarrollo que busca soluciones a problemas globales mediante el uso y la conservación de la biodiversidad agrícola y forestal. El objetivo de la organización es investigar sobre el uso y la conservación de la biodiversidad agr...
The first regular meeting of the ECPGR Solanaceae Working Group was held on 15-17 February 2012, following an ad hoc meeting of the Solanaceae Database Managers on 14 February 2012. The meetings were organized in collaboration with the Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Menemen, Izmir...
Dooijeweert, W. van
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Maggioni, L.
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Daunay, M.C.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Solanaceae: First Meeting of the Working Group and Ad hoc Meeting of the Database Managers, 14-17 February 2012, Menemen, Turkey]
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Report of a Working Group on Solanaceae: First Meeting of the Working Group and Ad hoc Meeting of the Database Managers, 14-17 February 2012, Menemen, Turkey