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Traditional and science-based weather forecasts – finding common ground
Helping farmers use seasonal forecasts as a tool for improving crop strategies
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Desalination Using Renewable Energy – is it the answer to water scarcity?
The famous quote, “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink”, may become a quote of past, at least for the coastal cities, if desalination by renewable energy takes off. Desalination is a process that removes salt and other minerals from sal…
Celebrating our struggles in Malaita, Solomon Islands
Lionel Maeliu, 40, lives at Busurata village in the highlands of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. He is a subsistence farmer with six children and has limited formal education. In an interview with Lionel he said since his youth days, he has seen his…
Happy International Day of Biodiversity
Join us on a journey to find out more about work we are doing to promote the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity. Bioversity International celebrates smallholder farmers who are using and conserving vital biodiversity around th…
Publications
Ecosystem approach to small scale tropical marine fisheries: Tanzania
Throughout the world, poor fisheries management contributes to resource degradation, poverty, and food insecurity. This European Union project on an Ecosystem Approach to Small-scale Tropical Marine Fisheries is led by WorldFish and implemented in coll…
Mangrove management in Solomon Islands: Case studies from Malaita Province
Mangroves are an important resource for the rural coastal people of Solomon Islands. Mangrove forests are critical for food security and the livelihoods of coastal communities in Solomon Islands. In particular, mangroves are an important source of food…
Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis
There is a great need for research aimed at understanding drought tolerance, screening for drought tolerant varieties and breeding crops with an improved water use efficiency. Bananas and plantains are a major staple food and export product with a worl…
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