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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Transformative adaptation: from climate‑smart to climate‑resilient agriculture
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)02.10.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
For approaches to be transformative, what is required is a broader and more comprehensive understand…
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How remote sensing can track adaptation to climate change, from the farm to the global level
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation29.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity-CIAT and the University of Galway have developed a method…
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In Kenya’s Nandi county, stakeholders jointly reflect on a theory of change for low-emission food systems transformation
CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems29.09.23-
Mitigation
By Thomas Falk, Kibet Walter and Birgit Habermann Food system transformation requires efforts from d…
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Improved cassava varieties are becoming a key ingredient in global food security
CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding29.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Little known in most highly developed countries, the root vegetable cassava has been largely ignored…
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Testing the climate adaptation pioneer approach in Colombia
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate27.09.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the CGIAR Livestock and Climate Initiative, we're extending the Pioneers of Adaptation approach t…
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Why climate change is a greater threat to tropical rainforests than cropland expansion
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
BY RICKY ROBERTSON OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 When I was child, back in the late…
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Tools for using the International Rice Genebank to breed for climate-resilient varieties
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)26.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Traditional rice varieties have been critical for developing improved stress-tolerant rice varieties…
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Funding this pioneering project in Colombia hailed ‘a very wise decision’ for the German government
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A project aiming to advance climate change mitigation and peacebuilding in Colombia has received pra…
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Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Crop diversity is often overlooked in climate discussions, yet it's crucial to adaptation: we need…
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Meet the AgriTech4Uzbekistan Finalists
CGIAR25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
22 Innovation Teams and 45 Participants, Driven by the Ambition to Make an Impact in…
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Merging High-tech and Ancient Water Management Systems for Global Food Security
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Today, we face a myriad of water-related challenges, ranging from water scarcity and drought (due…
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A guiding framework to boost Science and Practice of scaling innovation and three new roles to drive it
CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa21.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Scaling innovation is becoming increasingly important in the world of agricultural research for deve…
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Smallholder farmers in Kongwa District, Tanzania, use the iSAT advisory tool to better manage climate risks
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)21.09.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
To help smallholder farmers make better agricultural decisions and reduce the negative effects of cl…
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RiceMoRe System revolutionizes rice production monitoring and reporting in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)20.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
The Mekong River Delta is undergoing a remarkable digital transformation in the region’s rice prod…
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Desafiando el status quo: Cómo las Semillas Disruptivas pueden transformar los sistemas alimentarios de Guatemala desde abajo
CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience19.09.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A la luz de la actual crisis climática, debemos repensar profundamente la forma en que…
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Joint submission endorsing the inclusion of food systems in the outcome of the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement
CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems18.09.23-
Mitigation
The CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems has contributed to a submission in response to…
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Mitigate+ at Climate Week NYC 2023: Wei Zhang to talk about the role of women in climate mitigation in food systems
CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems18.09.23-
Mitigation
What is the role of women in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems? How…
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Transformative adaptation: Reorienting the climate response from climate-smart to climate-resilient
CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience17.09.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Social inclusion
Agriculture is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and thus both a contributor to…
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