For the past three years the SIMLESA project has been working towards its target of improving maize/legume productivity by 30 percent and reducing downside risk by 30 percent. Over a ten-year span, the project hopes to impact 100,000 farmers with conse…
Monthly AgClim newsletter: A study finds that poor countries, particularly those that rely on agriculture, suffer most from heat shocks. Also available in French. Photo taken in Burkina Faso by P. Casier (CGIAR). By Sonja Vermeulen, Head of Research CC…
Have you found yourself traveling to unfamiliar places and relying solely on maps? Isn’t it a lot quicker to get to your destination when taking notes of the landmarks? As…
The UN Habitat sixth World Urban Forum opens in Italy today, as the UNSCN issues a call for attention and joint action on nutrition security for urban populations. Bruce Cogill, Bioversity International Programme Leader, Nutrition and Marketing Diversi…
As part of their mission to monitor bilateral and multilateral food security programs in northern Ghana, Janet Stormes, Professional Staff of the US Senate Appropriations Committee, and Dorothy Rayburn of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, US Departmen…
