October 30th, 2013
BioDIVA research fellow Monish Jose and colleague Ulrike Grote were invited to present a paper at the 21. Annual AERA Conference "Sustainable Agricultural Growth for Improving Rural Livelihood Security" in Srinagar, India on September 10th-12th, 2013.
October 29th, 2013
New Briefing Note on multi-stakeholder dialogue on land use describes transdisciplinary approaches to address landscape transformation in Kerala.
October 29th, 2013
BioDIVA research scientist Nidhi Nagabhatla and colleagues will present their case study of Wayanad Agroecosystem in Kerala, India at the upcoming International Conference "Green India : Strategic knowledge for combating climatic change: Prospects & challenges (GISKCCC2013)" at Pondicherry University, India.
BioDIVA team leader Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan was invited to conduct a panel meeting at the 58. German Geographer's Day in Passau on October 2nd-8th, 2013.
October 2nd, 2013
BioDIVA Team Leader Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan was invited to hold a presentation on the project at the 10th Forum for Sustainability organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Leipzig on September 9th-11th, 2013.
September 26th, 2013
The national level dialogue about transdisciplinary research on agrobiodiversity and land use change took place from 2-4 September 2013 at M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India. Photo Gallery is now online!
September 18th, 2013
BioDIVA key project publication “Cultivate Diversity - A handbook on transdisciplinary approaches to agrobiodiversity research” has been presented at the National Level Workshop in Chennai, India, in September 2013.
September 5th, 2013
"Rare Wayanad rice to get new lease of life" - Rice variety ‘Ghandakasala’ helps in conserving the bio-diversity of Wayanad.
June 12th, 2013
On June 4th 2013 Master Student from the University of Sustainable Development in Eberswalde, Germany, presented his research proposal to the BioDIVA team in Hannover.
June 10th, 2013
BioDIVA Research Coordinator Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla hold a presentation on "Understanding Agro‐ecosystems as multifunctional landscapes - Is integrated assessment of ecosystem services a fair option?" on May 30th – 31st, 2013 in Berlin.
May 6th, 2013
BioDIVA Team Leader Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan was invited to hold a presentation at one of the six workshops of the symposium organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Berlin on April 23rd, 2013.
April 15th, 2013
The next workshop of the BioDIVA project will be a national level dialogue workshop and will take place at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai, India.
April 3rd, 2013
BioDIVA Team Leader PD Dr. Martina Padmanabhan has been appointed to a professorship for Comperative Studies in Development and Culture (Focus Southeast Asia) at the University of Passau starting from February 1st, 2012.
January 24th, 2013
In its article "Scent of Wayanad on German tables - Market being explored for Gandhakasala rice in Germany" the Indian National Newspaper "The Hindu" reports on the latest developments of the BioDIVA project.
Preview: Handbook Cultivate Diversity!
The Rice Seed System in Wayanad.
Briefing Note 8, 2014
Feedback Loops - Multi-level stakeholder workshops in transdisciplinary research.
Briefing Note 7, 2014
Food for thought: Facing land use change in Wayanad.
Briefing Note 6, 2014 (Malayalam version)
"Cultivating Diversity": Results from the national level dialogue workshop. Briefing Note 5, 2014
Cultivate Diversity! A Handbook on Transdisciplinary Approaches to Agrobiodiversity Research. September 2013
Multi-stakeholder dialogue on land use: Transdisciplinary approaches to address landscape transformation in Kerala.
Briefing Note 4, 2013
Marketing Gandhakasala: Local varieties for livelihood options.
Briefing Note 3, 2013
Resilience in transformation: „A study into the capacity for resilience in indigenous communities in Wayanad“.
Briefing Note 2, 2013
Visions for Wayanad: „The land of paddy fields“.
Briefing Note 1, 2013
