Ecosystem services and resilience is a cross cutting theme of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. Can scientists agree on what constitutes ecosystem services and resilience? A recent workshop brought together researchers from many…
An estimated 83 % of people in the Congo Basin rely on charcoal and firewood for their cooking and energy needs. The trade is a major contributor to deforestation – a driver of climate change.
Why invest in wheat research? Wheat is the most important food crop worldwide and a principal source of nutrients in some of the poorest countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. But wheat, like all living organisms, is unimaginably complex. CIMMYT…
Reflections on Gender Transformative Research Stephen reflects on a recent workshop on the new approach to gender research, transforming agricultural development.