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Benin joins PABRA to introduce sustainable bean research for development in West Africa

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

17.05.21

Did you know that almost 80 percent of Benin’s 11.2 million people earn a living…

New common bean varieties to benefit African women and children

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

17.05.21

Good progress has been made in the first 12 months of an innovative project linking…

Gender and Nutrition considerations in Demand Led Breeding: Experiences from Rwanda

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

17.05.21

Participatory plant breeding is not new in Rwanda. Its history can be traced between 1988…

How small-scale farmers jumped commercialisation hurdles in Ethiopia

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

17.05.21

Chickpea farmers have adopted new varieties to achieve commercialisation, say scientists The use of …

Taking sheep for disease testing in Ethiopia

Putting One Health into practice: A call to action for animal health

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

14.05.21

Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Action for Animal Health is a new coalition that aims to secure greater support for…

Survey: Short-term impacts of COVID-19 in rural Guatemala call for a closer, continuous look at the food security and nutritional patterns of vulnerable families

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13.05.21

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

BY FRANCISCO CEBALLOS, MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND CYNTHIA PAZ Global patterns and local variations of COVI…

Rural populations face heightened COVID-19 risks

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

12.05.21

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

BY JAWOO KOO, CLAUDIA RINGLER, ANIRUDDHA GHOSH AND CARLO AZZARRI India’s devastating second wave o…

Policy responses to COVID-19: What worked and how to build resilience for the future

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

11.05.21

Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

BY JOHN MCDERMOTT, DANIELLE RESNICK, NICHOLA NAYLOR AND JESSICA WALLACH The COVID-19 pandemic has pr…

Ruangwa District Farmer Field school members supported by the project on the project plot where they’ve been learning CSA practices and technologies.

IITA holds Climate Smart Agriculture awareness session for local-level policymakers

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

11.05.21

As part of efforts to ensure sustainability and scalability of efforts to build capacity in…

CGIAR Researcher from WorldFish, Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, wins World Food Prize

CGIAR

11.05.21

Nutrition

Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a CGIAR scientist and nutrition expert from WorldFish, was named…

Farmers’ Hubs for quality seed and input supply and market linkage launched in Nigeria

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

11.05.21

The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) launched 13 Farmers’ Hubs to service 13…

Public and private sector scientists pick pearl millet material for their breeding programs

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

11.05.21

Public and private sector scientists visited 20,000 pearl millet breeding plots at ICRISAT this week…

Lessons Learned from the CGIAR Research Programs and What’s Coming Up Next

Advisory Services

10.05.21

More than ever before, remote evaluations and evaluation approaches that require a rapid and cost-ef…

Solar for all: Enhancing access to affordable and sustainable solar-powered irrigation

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

08.05.21

Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Around 2 billion people globally are food insecure. Yet strategies to reduce chronic hunger and…

Global Food Policy Report 2021: The challenges of food system transformation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

07.05.21

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

BY YING VISSER AND MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s recently-released 2021 Global Food Policy Repor…

Community participation: greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

05.05.21

Biodiversity
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

The rolling plains of the Aba Gerima watershed cover the upper portion of Lake Tana…

Women’s voices in civil society organizations: Evidence from a civil society mapping project in Mali

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

04.05.21

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

BY KATRINA KOSEC AND EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA How can women’s voices be amplified in a situation…

Digitization equipment set to accelerate Kenya’s breeding programs

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

04.05.21

Last month, the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) platform handed over digitization equipment to th…

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Benin joins PABRA to introduce sustainable bean research for development in West Africa

New common bean varieties to benefit African women and children

Gender and Nutrition considerations in Demand Led Breeding: Experiences from Rwanda

How small-scale farmers jumped commercialisation hurdles in Ethiopia

Putting One Health into practice: A call to action for animal health

Survey: Short-term impacts of COVID-19 in rural Guatemala call for a closer, continuous look at the food security and nutritional patterns of vulnerable families

Rural populations face heightened COVID-19 risks

Policy responses to COVID-19: What worked and how to build resilience for the future

IITA holds Climate Smart Agriculture awareness session for local-level policymakers

CGIAR Researcher from WorldFish, Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, wins World Food Prize

Farmers’ Hubs for quality seed and input supply and market linkage launched in Nigeria

Public and private sector scientists pick pearl millet material for their breeding programs

Lessons Learned from the CGIAR Research Programs and What’s Coming Up Next

Solar for all: Enhancing access to affordable and sustainable solar-powered irrigation

Global Food Policy Report 2021: The challenges of food system transformation

Community participation: greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia

Women’s voices in civil society organizations: Evidence from a civil society mapping project in Mali

Digitization equipment set to accelerate Kenya’s breeding programs