Muhabbat Turdieva, Central Asia Project Coordinator, Bioversity International, was part of the delegation at the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in India last week. She speaks about her work on wild fruits and forest systems in Central Asia.
A report from the side event ‘Strategic Plan 2011-2020 – Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity’ at the UN Convention on Agricultural Biodiversity. The event was facilitated by Toby Hodgkin, Honorary Fellow, Bioversity International and co-…
With the Convention on Biological Diversity well underway and the Committee on World Food Security meeting progressing this week, the relevance of agricultural biodiversity remains an important topic of discussion with regards to diet and nutrition. La…
On Tree Diversity Day at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Judy Loo, Theme Leader for Forest Genetic Resources programme at Bioversity International (featured here on COP11 TV), talks about her work on tree conservation, land use pressures and…
The vast global chocolate industry — worth more than US$100 billion a year — rests on shaky agricultural foundations. Millions of farmers have just a few trees each, and those trees are constantly under threat from a range of pests and diseases. Lo…
