“Business as usual in our globally interconnected food system will not bring us food security and environmental sustainability. Several converging…
Consortium News Archive for November, 2011
Biofortifying Crops to Improve Nutrition
One in five children in Uganda suffers from vitamin A deficiency, which causes night blindness, slow growth and weakens…
Golden Rice for better health
Emma, a 38-year-old mother of eight from the Philippines, ekes out a living as a cleaning lady. Putting food on…
Traditional leafy vegetables back on the table
Until the latter part of the 20th century, local leafy vegetables were an important part of the African diet. Then…
Promoting agricultural innovation: meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas
Ruben Echeverria, Director General of CIAT was representing the CGIAR in the meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas.…