Bioversity International

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Bioversity International

Merged into	The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT [1]
Formation	1974
Type	Global non-profit research-for-development organization[2]
Legal status	International organization
Purpose	Research for development
Headquarters	Rome
Location	Italy
Region served	18 offices worldwide
Director General	Juan Lucas Restrepo [3]
Staff	Approx. 300
Website	alliancebioversityciat.org

Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization that delivers scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity to attain global food- and nutrition security, working with partners in low-income countries in different regions where agricultural biodiversity can contribute to improved nutrition, resilience, productivity and climate change adaptation.^[2] In 2019, Bioversity International joined with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (as the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) to "deliver research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives".^[4]. Both institutions are members of the CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.^[5]

The organization is highly decentralized, with about 300 staff working around the world with regional offices located in Central and South America, West and Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, Central and South Asia, and South-east Asia.^[6] In the summer of 2021 Bioversity International’s office in Maccarese was moved to the Aventine Hill near the FAO in Rome, Italy and serves as the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT’s global headquarters.^[7]