In preparation for the 1st Africa Food Security & Adaptation Conference, Bioversity Senior Scientist Carlo Fadda highlights the opportunities and constraints for taking an agroecological approach for agriculture in Africa in an article found on page 3 of the Africa Adaptation Newsletter.
Food legume breeding in Lebanon is bolstering the drought tolerance of this key component of nutritional security across the Central/West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region.
On 8 July 2013, Cheryl Doss, Gender Lead for PIM, presented a talk on “Data Needs for Gender Analysis” as part of the Gender Methods Seminar Series hosted by IFPRI’s Gender Task Force. The seminar drew from insights from research on household d…
At the FARA science week, ILRI hosted a side event on ‘Livestock research for Africa’s food security and poverty reduction’. Sixty-five people from agricultural and livestock development, extension and government agencies participated in this thr…
The CGIAR Consortium recently released its second annual CGIAR Research Programs (CRP) performance assessment report which took stock of CRP performance during 2012. According to the report, the first evidence of the CGIAR reform’s potential for impr…
