Festival delle Terre returns to Rome this year (7-10 May), showcasing a series of environmental documentaries from the eyes of those on the ground. Bioversity International will be awarding a prize to the best film on agricultural biodiversity.
Archive for April, 2013
Price transmission analysis using threshold models: an application to local rice markets in Benin and Mali
Food Security (2013). Rose Fiamohe, Papa A. Seck, Didier Y. Alia, Aliou Diagne et al.In most African countries, spatial dispersion of production and consumption often results in high transaction costs that prevent farmers from accessing markets and cau…
Ethnobotanical factors influencing the use and management of wild edible plants of agricultural environments in Benin
This study investigates how the socioeconomic status of locals interacts with the cultural, botanical, and economic features of wild edible plants to shape the floristic richness and management options of these resources.
Bioversity International research for our future
Publication year: 2012
ILRI-BecA goat project harnessing ODK on smartphones for data collection and analysis
To harness genetic diversity to improve goat productivity in Africa, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is testing the open data kit (ODK) in Ethiopia as a tool to collect baseline data on production systems and phenotypic characteri…