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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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Mapping evidence of food system transformation for healthier diets: What works?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)20.07.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY ELS LECOUTERE,MARRIT VAN DEN BERG AND ALAN DE BRAUW Effective food systems innovations—defined …
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Water users' association enables farmers in Myanmar to double land under irrigation and diversify crops
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)20.07.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
Most families in Myanmar rely on agriculture to make a living. Water is literally life…
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Successful water planning platform and its irrigation source mapping tool rapidly scaled out
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)20.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Six water-thirsty departments in western Honduras began experimenting with the online water planning…
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ICARDA receives ACSAD shield in recognition of its contribution to regional agricultural science
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)20.07.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Egypt, July 11 ICARDA Director General Mr Aly Abousabaa recently met with His Excellency Dr. Nasr…
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AGRA Board chair, former Ethiopia PM, and Tanzania President tour IITA-Tanzania
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)19.07.21IITA-Tanzania recently hosted the Board Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa…
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IITA DG encourages teachers to create agribusiness enterprises
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)19.07.21The impact of the IITA youth program Start Them Early Program (STEP) is far reaching; it goes…
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I want to become a classy farmer - STEP club member
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)19.07.21Oluwadamilare Opadotun is the secretary of the Start Them Early Program (STEP) club at Vetland Sen…
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Study identifies new sources of resistance to Black Sigatoka in banana
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)19.07.21A study looking for additional sources of resistance to the deadly fungal disease of banana,…
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ICRISAT-led nutrition enhancement program to reach more vulnerable groups
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.07.21Giri Poshana for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) launched. Over 16,000 children, ado…
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Scaling up innovation and partnerships to modernize African food systems
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.07.21Pearl millet and sorghum are the staple food crops in Sahelian countries with 80% of…
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Monitoring and evaluation key steps for food system transformations
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.07.21Monitoring and tracking of the key drivers as well as the outcomes of food systems…
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Techniques to enhance the genetic gain in crop breeding programs
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.07.21As the climate crisis intensifies, populations grow, disease and pest proliferate, and natural resou…
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South Asian and African countries use data from space to act fast on drought
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)18.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
When drought starts to set in somewhere in South Asia or Africa, there is no…
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CGIAR Kicks Off the CWANA Consultations
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)18.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
CGIAR Kicks Off the CWANA Consultations Early this July, CGIAR invited over 120 delegates from…
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Private sector using solar suitability tool and maps to expand solar pump supply chains across Africa
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)17.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
As climate change threatens water and food security in Africa, small solar pumps could irrigate…
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CIMMYT announces new Director General ad interim
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)16.07.21Today the Board of Trustees of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announc…
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Improving food donation policies is key to fighting food waste
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)16.07.21-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EMILY BROAD LEIB AND DOUG O'BRIEN As much as one third of all food produced is…
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2021 Synthesis of Learning from a Decade of CGIAR Research Programs Unpacks ‘Big Picture’ Insights, Lessons, and Actionable Recommendations for One CGIAR
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service16.07.21