CAMBIA was initially an acronym for the "Center for the Application of Molecular Biology to International Agriculture". However, as CAMBIA's public good mandate has become broader, to encompass methods for all kinds of life sciences innovation, we no longer use this acronym.

CAMBIA is an independent, international non-profit institute. For more than a decade, CAMBIA has been creating new technologies, tools and paradigms to foster collaboration and life-sciences enabled innovation. These tools are designed to enable disadvantaged communities and developing countries to meet their own challenges in food security, health, and natural resource management.

In Spanish and Italian, CAMBIA means "change". This meaning is at the very heart of CAMBIA's mission.   More detail...