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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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IRRI welcomes new Board of Trustees’ Chair and Vice-Chair
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)20.05.21Following the successful terms of IRRI Board of Trustees (BOT) Chair Jim Godfrey and Vice-Chair…
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AI-Driven Climate-Smart Beekeeping for Ethiopian and Uzbek Women
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)20.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Beekeeping has long been a traditional pursuit in Uzbekistan and Ethiopia, where smallholders…
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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Latin American rice sector: Situation analysis and perspectives
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)20.05.21-
Nutrition
With over 2.3 million confirmed cases to date, and more than a third of the…
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The Pollination Services of Forests
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)20.05.21-
Biodiversity
Since they are a vital part of the reproduction process of many plants, a decline…
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Charting a productive, sustainable future for small farms amid food system transformation
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)19.05.21-
Food security
BY XINSHEN DIAO,THOMAS REARDON, ADAM KENNEDY AND JESSICA WALLACH While urbanization is shrinking ru…
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G+ Tools Provide a Clearer View to Crop Breeding
International Potato Center (CIP)19.05.21-
Big data
In this famous optical illusion, some people see a rabbit, while others see a duck.…
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Global Food and Hunger Challenges Projected to Increase Mortality, Disability by 2050
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)18.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY YING VISSER AND MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s recently-released 2021 Global Food Policy Report…
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Boosting Malawi’s aquaculture production for food security
WorldFish18.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Although Malawi has an extensive history of fish farming spanning a century, the nation’s smallhol…
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ACIAR Australia video highlights successful investments in global wheat research
CGIAR Research Program on Wheat18.05.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Australian Council for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), a longtime partner of the C…
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Ending hunger: A Fund, an Alliance, or… both?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)18.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA One of the central aims of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) is…
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From the field: climate-smart agriculture in Zimbabwe
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)18.05.21-
Biodiversity
Watch the video and read more about the Alliance’s ongoing work to increase farmers’ resilience…
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Working to make gender research actionable in Honduras
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)18.05.21-
Environmental health
Given the challenge of making gender approaches and concepts actionable, especially the concept of w…
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Historical dietary shifts offer lessons for future transitions in food systems
WorldFish17.05.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While the movement to transform food systems is gaining momentum, the avenues for doing so…
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Aquatic foods are essential for sustainable healthy diets, says UN Nutrition
WorldFish17.05.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Aquatic foods are key to transforming global food systems in support of sustainable and healthy…
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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)17.05.21Did you know that almost 80 percent of Benin’s 11.2 million people earn a living…
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New common bean varieties to benefit African women and children
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)17.05.21Good progress has been made in the first 12 months of an innovative project linking…
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Gender and Nutrition considerations in Demand Led Breeding: Experiences from Rwanda
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)17.05.21Participatory plant breeding is not new in Rwanda. Its history can be traced between 1988…
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How small-scale farmers jumped commercialisation hurdles in Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)17.05.21Chickpea farmers have adopted new varieties to achieve commercialisation, say scientists The use of …
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