Farmers from Baringo set out to learn how to manage their livestock better. They returned convinced that transforming their flocks begins with breeding, and that better genetics and better management must go together.
Researchers in the Indian Sundarbans are testing whether integrated mangrove aquaculture can restore degraded mangroves while sustaining shrimp farming, strengthening coastal resilience, supporting livelihoods and storing more carbon.
Migration has long shaped economic and social outcomes across Central America. Between 2002 and 2021, Guatemala recorded an estimated net emigration of about 856,000 people, while remittance inflows accounted for around 20% of GDP, placing the country among the most remittance-dependent economies in the world.
Conventional development strategy assumes that crises are interruptions. Wars end. Commodity prices stabilize. Supply chains recover. Political tensions ease. Things settle and development can then resume
Across the Horn of Africa, camels are mostly reared in extensive rangelands spanning arid and semi-arid zones. While camels are well adapted to harsh environments, major knowledge gaps remain around their health, genetics and productivity.
In this post, I focus on the spaces and possibilities between the two extremes of the debate, arguing that AI in various forms can be integrated more thoughtfully and more responsibly at key moments during the research process, perhaps in less obvious ways than what is suggested by each extreme side in this debate.
This blog post is part of a special series on conflicts and other shocks impacting food systems around the world. The blog series is co-edited by Joseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, and Johan Swinnen, IFPRI Director General.
Harmonized Fertilizer Advisory System (HaFAS) Showcased at Ethiopia's Digital Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (DAEAS) Platform Annual Forum