Brief description of eight underutilized crops in rural Nepal that have become the focus of efforts to promote a healthier lifestyle and marketplace for farmers and locals in Nepal.
Sthapit, B.
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Zucker, J.
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Bennett, A.
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Bioversity International
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[Himalayan foods: healthy and nutritious crop varieties]
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Himalayan foods: healthy and nutritious crop varieties
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children, with an estimated 250,000-500,000 children becoming blind every year. Half of them die within 12 months of losing their sight, as VAD increases the risk of disease and death from severe infections. In pregnant w...
Fusarium wilt of banana, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), has widely been considered as one of the most devastating diseases in agricultural history, until resistant Cavendish banana cultivars replaced susceptible ones in Central America. New outbreaks of the...
In the 2013 Bioversity International Annual Report you will find some highlights of our work about how we consume, produce, plant and safeguard agricultural biodiversity.
You will also find information about our Board of Trustees, our funding partners, research partners and 2013 scientific publi...
Forests and trees play a key role in many food systems. Directly, they provide people with nutritious foods, and indirectly they provide ecosystem services and income. Food from trees and forests will be increasingly important in the face of challenges from population growth and climate change. B...
Bioversity International held a Roundtable on the “Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems” in Madrid, Spain on 27 November 2012 for the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation which supports research and programs on sustainable diets. Over 30 academics, scientists, policy makers and others came...
Bioversity International
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[Presentations and notes from a Roundtable on the metrics of sustainable diets and food systems: 27th November, 2012, Madrid, Spain]
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Presentations and notes from a Roundtable on the metrics of sustainable diets and food systems: 27th November, 2012, Madrid, Spain
Policy makers and consumers are challenging the scientific community to come up with ways to measure the environmental impact of the foods we eat. This Brief describes a challenging and innovative research agenda implemented by Bioversity and its partners to describe and measure sustainable diets...
Fanzo, J.
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Cogill, B.
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Mattei, F.
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Bioversity International
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[Metrics of sustainable diets and food systems]
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Metrics of sustainable diets and food systems
Bioversity International's annual report looks back at accomplishments in 2016 and highlights research on healthy diets from sustainable food systems, productive and resilient farms and forests, genetic resources conservation and use.
"Agrobiodiversity holds the promise to make our food systems ...
The Annual Report contains highlights of Bioversity International research activities to deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural and tree biodiversity to attain sustainable global food and nutrition security.
The Report also includes...
The Annual Report contains highlights of Bioversity International research activities to deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural and tree biodiversity to attain sustainable global food and nutrition security.
The Report also includes...