Piloting a gender-responsive tool for assessing the poverty impacts of value chain development

1/06/2016 -

National action plans for Bambara Groundnut and Amaranth in Benin, Kenya and Zimbabwe

Although Bambara groundnut and amaranth are priority NUS, their value chains are often poorly developed. But there are signs that this is changing and...

26/05/2016 -

Workshop for processing fonio, Bambara groundnut and nutritious vegetables held in Mali

How do we turn traditional crops into food products that are safe, tasty and marketable? To address this challenge, a workshop on processing,...

9/05/2016 -

Agricultural biodiversity to manage risks and empower the poor: Conference proceedings

Proceedings are now available from an International Conference held in Rome in April 2015 to launch the IFAD and EU supported Initiative ‘Linking...

7/03/2016 -

BBC Radio 4 highlights why crop diversity matters for feeding India

BBC Radio 4's Food Programme this week interviews Bioversity International scientist Stefano Padulosi. He explains why bringing back 'forgotten'...

1/03/2016 -