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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Study reveals potato’s potential for reducing anemia
23.11.20The potato is known to be a good source of energy, potassium and vitamins C…
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Biofortified crops have a key role to play in COVID-19 response
19.11.20COVID-19 has presented many challenges to agriculture this year, but those challenges are also provi…
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The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture: A Road Map to Value Creation
18.11.20This past month, our Director of Research, Hugo Campos, released an edited, open-access Springer boo…
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“Virtual” Borlaug-Raun Internship Produces Actual Results
03.11.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Jan Low of the International Potato Center appeared at the 2020 World Food Prize in…
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COVID pandemic overshadows Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security
02.11.20On the 11th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security, governments and development partners face…
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Experts see a bright future for biofortification through improved delivery
21.10.20A new paper released at the 2020 World Food Prize today charts important progress in…
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Developing digital tools to optimize water use in agriculture
18.10.20Agriculture accounts for about 70% of global freshwater use, and as the population grows, so…
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An app to help potato farmers reduce agrochemical use
18.10.20More than 170 years after it provoked the Great Famine of Ireland, late blight disease…
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Big data drives solutions to global challenges
18.10.20While CGIAR scientists have long used big data in their research for development, the COVID-19…
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Study finds untapped climate-resilience in sweetpotato
10.10.20Extreme weather events and other effects of climate change already challenge farmers’ ability to g…
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New CGIAR collaboration to build climate-smart food systems in Malawi
30.09.20In Malawi—the warm heart of Africa—a constantly changing climate poses a threat to the food,…
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Red hot potato market could spell trouble for farmers in India
28.09.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Potato prices in India started rising in December 2019 due to the delay in harvesting…
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Strengthening the orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Malawi
14.09.20Simple processing is spreading the advantages of orange-fleshed sweetpotato, with benefits for farme…
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Building diverse and healthier diets for Africa’s growing population
11.09.20A healthy diet ensures adequate calories and nutrients—with a balanced, diversity of foods from se…
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CIP research highlighted in WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020
10.09.20Released this week, the WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 features a piece on the International…
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Elevating women’s role to improve food systems
08.09.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Women play a vital role in growing, processing and marketing food in developing countries, yet…
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CIP uses social media to distribute more sweetpotato in Bangladesh
03.09.20An International Potato Center project (CIP) in Bangladesh is making creative use of technology and…
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Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda
29.08.20The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes a…
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