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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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DROUGHT-PROOFING BUNDELKHAND: Reviving rainwater harvesting traditions
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)06.10.21How is Bundelkhand drought-proofed? ICRISAT has developed an innovative landscape management approac…
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Scaling groundnut and sorghum seed in Eastern Africa (Tanzania)
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)06.10.21The Innovation Fund from the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC)…
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Understanding characteristics, causes, and consequences of migration: Contributions from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)05.10.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It is estimated that nearly one in seven people — more than 1 billion in…
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Heat shocks linked to lower maize yields and reduced child height: Evidence from Tanzania
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY STEVEN BLOCK,BELIYOU HAILE, LIANGZHI YOU AND DEREK HEADEY The growing threat that climate shocks…
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ICARDA and Cairo Water Week 24-28th October
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)05.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Every year ICARDA participates at Cairo Water Week (CWW), where global experts come together to…
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CGIAR Priority Interventions to Accelerate Uptake of Research to Rebuild and Strengthen Africa’s Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change
CGIAR04.10.21Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries; Demand-driven partnerships; Using…
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CGIAR spells out priority interventions to accelerate uptake of research to rebuild and strengthen Africa’s agriculture in the face of climate change
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)02.10.21Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries, demand-driven partnerships to usi…
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Transforming agri-food systems for rural prosperity through scaling an innovative ‘Seed Consortium’ towards higher adoption and impacts
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)01.10.21Background: Grown on 4.0 M ha, postrainy sorghum is the lifeline of dryland farmers in…
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Using machine learning technology for sustainable coffee farming in Vietnam
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)01.10.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
As most of the world relies on coffee, producers, roasters, and investors are becoming more…
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Bangladeshi actress Jannatul Peya champions women in aquatic food systems
WorldFish01.10.21-
Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish's initiative to increase women's empowerment through small fish production in Banglades…
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How does the Food Action Alliance (FAA), a global food systems initiative facilitated in Latin America by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, relate to United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)01.10.21-
Food security
By: Dylan Anderson-BerensPrevious blogs in this series introduced the Food Action Alliance (FAA), it…
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What can international agricultural research for development learn from the Andhra Pradesh chickpea revolution?
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)30.09.21This blog highlights findings from a recently published articled by Glover, D., Mausch, K., Conti,…
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An Innovation Perspective to IFAD Impact Investments: How Ready is the Conservation Agriculture System in Moldova for Impact at Scale?
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)30.09.21-
Food security
The IFAD-funded 'Scaling Readiness of Conservation Agriculture System (CAS) in Moldova' study, cond…
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Thinking fish: A prerequisite for multifunctional landscape management
WorldFish30.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Two seminars convened by WorldFish, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Inte…
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Roots, tubers and bananas in Central Africa are well suited for climate change
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)30.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa becomes hotter and wetter, root, tuber and…
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Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance launches the Bean Atlas Version 2.0
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.09.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Two decades after the Bean Atlas’ first publication, a new digital version has arrived. The…
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European Commission, the Netherlands and Belgium Pledge More Than €220 Million to CGIAR
CGIAR28.09.21Citing the relationship between climate change and global food security, the European Commission, th…
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AGENT: an EU H2020 funded Project Delivers Universal Access to Genebank Information
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)28.09.21-
Food security
The EU-funded H2020 ‘Activated Genebank Network (AGENT)’ project aims to transform genebanks fr…
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