Bioversity International is an international development research organization created in 1974 by the CGIAR International Agricultural Research Advisory Group. It acts in the field of biodiversity in order to promote the sustainable development of agriculture. It is the most important international research organization dedicated to the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity. It provides scientific evidence and practical solutions as well as appropriate policies in order to safeguard and use agricultural biodiversity for sustainable food and nutrition security on a global scale. this organization works with partners in low-income countries in the various regions where agricultural biodiversity can contribute to improved nutrition, resilience, productivity and adaptation to climate change.

Bioversity's activities focus on:

• developing and implementing strategies for the conservation and use of genetic resources related to agriculture at the policy, information and communication levels;
• ex situ and in situ conservation and the use of diversity for certain species of interest such as bananas or forests;
• the management of agricultural biodiversity for better nutrition and for the sustainable development of production systems;
• sustainable nutrition and food systems;
• ecosystem services.