Category Archives: Livelihoods

Anti-hunger campaign “If”

Posted on January 24, 2013 by wavingcat

The world produces enough food for everyone, but not everyone has enough food. Anti-hunger campaign ‘If’ has launched a catchy and pleasing video that tackles a an important topic, and launches a call for the G8 countries to end global … Continue reading →

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Bioversity video: Tropical fruits in Asia (and not only)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by wavingcat

Many of our readers may not be aware that Bioversity scientists and staff are increasingly using video clips to communicate, and disseminate information about their research projects and initiatives. Project sites and stories told by farmers and partners involved in … Continue reading →

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New book: Agrobiodiversity and the law

Posted on December 14, 2011 by wavingcat

The Agrobiodiversity Grapevine is very happy to introduce our guest blogger, Dr. Juliana Santilli who will be discussing her recently published book “Agrobiodiversity and the Law: regulating genetic resources, food security and cultural diversity” Dr. Santilli is a lawyer and a … Continue reading →

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New book: Custodians of Biodiversity

Posted on November 29, 2011 by wavingcat

Earthscan and IDRC have recently co-published the book “Custodians of Biodiversity”  edited by Manuel Ruiz and Ronnie Vernooy. This interesting book outlines the policy mechanisms that are currently underway to protect local genetic resources and related traditional knowledge at both … Continue reading →

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Agriculture & food policies have a vital role in improving health and well-being

Posted on October 14, 2011 by wavingcat

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has recently published an interesting report titled “Bringing Agriculture to the Table: How Agriculture and Food Policy can Play a Role in Preventing Chronic Disease ” (PDF – 2.52MB) The report is principally concerned … Continue reading →

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Plant domestication & genetic resources in Benin

Posted on May 16, 2011 by wavingcat

A recently published research paper authored by Bioversity scientists: Vodouhè R.; A. Dansi; H. T. Avohou; B. Kpèki and F. Azihou (2011)  Plant domestication and its contributions to in situ conservation of genetic resources in Benin. International Journal of Biodiversity … Continue reading →

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Food and farming in the future

Posted on May 10, 2011 by wavingcat

In the last few months a lot of attention has been focused on how agriculture and farming will manage and adapt to such issues as growing population, climatic change and land use in the next decades.  Some of the research … Continue reading →

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Feeding the world’s growing population: how to solve the food crisis

Posted on May 3, 2011 by wavingcat

The Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail has recently published a piece that looks at the question: “How do we feed seven billion people – and counting?” This question was posed to 18 of the world’s foremost thinkers on food … Continue reading →

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Agricultural biodiversity in the Tajik Pamirs

Posted on April 18, 2011 by wavingcat

Alessandra Giuliani, Frederik van Oudenhoven, and Shoista Mubalieva (2011)  Agricultural biodiversity in the Tajik Pamirs. Mountain Research and Development, 31(1):16-26. DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00109.1 OPEN ACCESS PAPER This study investigates the role that local fruit varieties can play in achieving the dual … Continue reading →

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The Economist: special report on feeding the world.

Posted on March 3, 2011 by wavingcat

Inside the 26th February issue of The Economist our readers will find a 14 page special report on the future of food. The report: “The 9 billion-people question“ tells us that the world’s population will grow from the almost 7 … Continue reading →

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