Journal of Applied Biosciences (2012). Pages: 3742 – 3748. Agnassim BANITO, Essohouna Ago KADAI, Yacouba SERE et al.Objectives: In order to find control measures against bacterial leaf blight (BLB), one of the most destructive diseases of rice, the p…
Archive for June, 2012

IFPRI Policy Seminar – May 31, 2012 – William Hohenstein
Presentation by William Hohenstein, Director, Global Change Program Office, USDA, at the IFPRI Policy Seminar, Sustainable Food Security and Climate Change: Post-Bonn and Pre-Rio, May 31, 2012, Washington DC (http://www.ifpri.org/event/sustainable-food…

Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, vol.25, No.1 (2012)
The special issue has been published in occasion of 25 years of the Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources (IJPGR), the official journal of the Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR). The permission to publish this issue on the Bioversity…

Agricultural biodiversity in the Americas
Dr. Marleni Ramirez, Regional Director for Bioversity International’s Americas Office in Colombia, talks about why the rich agricultural biodiversity in the Americas is vital for our future food security.

How conserving and using the African Cherry tree is helping smallholder farmers
As part of lead up to Rio+20 , RTCC highlights how work from 3 CGIAR centres to support the conservation and sustainable use of Prunus africana is improving the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa. (Photo: Bioversity/B.Vinceti).
