Village livestock promoters in rural Nepal are changing the lives of buffalo farmers

Biodiversity
Nutrition

Dorothy Shaver, Global Sustainability Lead for Knorr, Unilever, marks the International Day for Biol…

Agroforestry at 40: how tree-farm science has changed the world

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Big data
Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van N…

Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

In his first blog, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General of Bioversity International, recognizes the…

Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species, says new study

Climate adaptation & mitigation

It is widely assumed that land uses that increase carbon in biomass and soil to…

Behind the scenes of new BBC series “Dynasties”

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

21.05.19

Biodiversity

Every living thing on this planet has a family, but some species will fight to…

2019 Global Food Policy Report Mumbai launch: Building partnerships to spur rural revitalization

20.05.19

Food security
Nutrition

India’s report card on rural development presents a mixed picture: While a number of rural…

It isn’t too late…but the clock is ticking

20.05.19

Climate adaptation & mitigation

“We have about twenty years to change our acts before something irreversible happens,” said Rob…

New book: Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions in India

20.05.19

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

For Immediate Release New book: Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions…

Landscape restoration: Is it working?

19.05.19

A recent study by scientists at University College London (UCL) and the University of Edinburgh…

Agroforestry at 40: The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry in research, development, policy and delivery

19.05.19

The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry for the two thousand and tens decade is a…

Successful completion of the YEAG project

WorldFish

19.05.19

19 May 2019 Aswan, Upper Egypt - WorldFish, the Swiss Embassy in Cairo, and Aswan’s local…

Looking for the right tree for the right place? Agroforestry Species Switchboard Version 2

18.05.19

Nutrition

The updated Agroforestry Species Switchboard is a ‘one-stop shop’ to retrieve data about plant s…

Indigenous youth explore human rights challenges in ‘Through Their Eyes’ book

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Victor Lopez-Carmen, a member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and the…

Where do we see our world in 2050?

What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends,…

Public–private–people partnership for cocoa and forests in Côte d’Ivoire

Food security
Nutrition

For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa. Its…

UN Drylands ambassador calls for greater focus on restoration of tropical drylands

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Dennis Garrity, United Nations Drylands Ambassador, called for increased attention on restoring trop…

Eradicating hunger through the African Orphan Crops Consortium

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Nutrition

Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food…

DG Sanginga conferred doctor of honoris causa by KU Leuven, Belgium