Category Archives: biodiversity

Farming Matters: Regional Food Systems

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

The new issue of Farming Matters issue is out with Regional Food Systems focus. Check it out here.

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Nutritious and Underutilized Species fact sheets

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

The term “NUS” – Neglected and Underutilized Species- refers to a category of non-commodity cultivated and wild plant species, which are part of a large agrobiodiversity portfolio today falling into disuse for a variety of agronomic, genetic, economic, social and … Continue reading →

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New nutrition and agrobiodiversity manual: Implementing food systems field projects

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Just published from Bioversity. Check it out! Bioversity Agrobiodiversity and Nutrition Field Manual

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Bioversity’s Nutrition Strategy – Resilient Food and Nutrition Systems: Analyzing the Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in Enhancing Human Nutrition and Health

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

This past year I worked diligently with colleagues at Bioversity International, on the 10 year nutrition strategy. Below is a summary of the strategy along with the link to the entire strategy. Bioversity’s Nutrition Strategy One of the world’s greatest challenges … Continue reading →

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The role of minor millets in India and train track market

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

cool video. and a crazy ass video.

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Get your econutrition on

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

What the hell is “econutrition” one might ask? Well, it can be whatever you want it to be. In the Food and Nutrition Bulletin, a supplement was released on this very topic. Econutrition is defined as “Econutrition integrates environmental health … Continue reading →

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Oxfam digs deep into the global food system

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

Oxfam has just launched a new campaign called “GROW“. The report is quite good and calls for some major changes in how our ‘broken’ global food system could be repaired. They propose some solutions and criticisms about land grabbing, GMOs, … Continue reading →

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Discussion on global food systems: tackling malnutrition in low-income settings

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

I recently participated in a discussion at Columbia University this past March of 2011 with some of my great friends and colleagues, Glenn Denning, CJ Jones and Roseline Remans. The discussion was about the global food price crisis, the nutrition … Continue reading →

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The challenge of the drylands in Africa

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

I just got a hold of a video about the northern Kenyan drylands and the Dertu Millennium Village. I used to work on this project and was fortunate enough to travel to this challenging area several times. I wrote about … Continue reading →

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Berries in Russia

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Bioversity posted a story of the project we worked on with the Vavilov Research Institute, which I wrote about earlier. I think this quote says it all from my perspective: Bioversity scientist, Pablo Eyzaguirre, speaking of the importance of prioritizing … Continue reading →

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