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How Water-Smart Agricultural Solutions can Help us Stall Desertification and Thrive in the Face of Future Droughts
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)16.06.22Join CGIAR in celebrating World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought A recent study published…
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With the right tools, tech and shared services, crop breeding will be key to solving global challenges
CGIAR10.06.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Not many organizations can claim to have saved a billion lives. But CGIAR’s crop breeding…
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Safer food for everyone: How CGIAR brings food safety research to markets where the health burden is highest
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
There is no food security without food safety. But every day, billions of people eat…
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High-level Consultations Show How CGIAR Will Work With Partners to Boost Impact in Africa
CGIAR25.05.22Meetings in Abidjan focused on strengthening Africa’s agricultural research and innovation in the …
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How to prevent food from becoming a weapon of war
CGIAR25.05.22-
Food security
The conflict in Ukraine has exposed the fragile geopolitics that underpin global food systems, threa…
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CGIAR Report Highlights Concrete Actions to Mitigate Food Crisis due to Ukraine Conflict
CGIAR23.05.22As the world comes to terms with a potential global food crisis triggered by the…
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Is agricultural adaptation on track to meet the future food production challenge?
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)27.06.18-
Food security
Small-scale farmers are making small changes in their agricultural practices. Is this enough to incr…
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China’s road to food security in a time of rising trade protectionism
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Washington, DC – The rise of trade protectionism and antiglobalism around the world pose a…
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IFPRI Congratulates Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro on Joint World Food Prize Award
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
June 25, 2018, Washington, D.C. – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) congrat…
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Why livestock belong on the table—whether we eat meat or not
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.06.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sherpa child with lamb (photo via Pixabay/PeterColgan), London chef Jamie Oliver with rooster (via D…
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Is promoting vegetarianism for all the world’s people a form of colonialism? just Euro-centric?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.06.18-
Food security
Livestock heading home in the evening after grazing in Afar, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Fiona Flin…
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Restoring degraded tropical dryland in extreme conditions: the case of Sumba Island
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)26.06.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Restoring degraded land is a major global challenge made more urgent by a changing climate,…
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Nepal and IRRI sign work plan to reinvigorate efforts towards rice self-sufficiency
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)25.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 June 2018 — The Government of Nepal, through the Ministry of Agriculture,…
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Agroforestry systems for producing nutritious food for smallholders in Odisha, India
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) South Asia Regional Programme recently launched a three-year p…
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India’s northeast Bihar State gears up to approve and implement a ‘livestock master plan’
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)25.06.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Village household scenes from northeastern India (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). Bihar is gear…
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Introducing English and Swahili instructional videos on the patterns, signs, symptoms and control of Rift Valley fever
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)25.06.18-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As reported in the Daily Nation yesterday (24 Jun 2018), the toll of human deaths…
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Innovations for sustainable rice farming: Jain Irrigation Systems joins IRRI consortium advancing direct seeded rice systems
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)25.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Partnership with company that pioneered modern drip irrigation in India opens new possibilities for …
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Opening the doors to food security through genomics
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)25.06.18-
Food security
The development of Green Super Rice, a new breed of stable, climate-smart, high-yielding varieties, …
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Benefit-sharing mechanisms: Barking up the wrong tree?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)24.06.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the quest to protect and restore forests advances and evolves, the age-old question of…
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Film-making farmers and the changing landscape of rice extension in Indonesia
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)24.06.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It is time for farmers to take the lead in telling their stories and conceptualizing…
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How migration benefits economies and food security
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.06.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY KATE AMBLER, ALAN DE BRAUW AND ELENA HILDEBRANDT The current political climate and global refug…
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A better way for vegans, vegetarians, meat eaters and livestock herders alike—By ecologist Ian Scoones
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)22.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Goat herds returning home at sunset in Namunyak Conservancy of the Northern Rangelands Trust. Kenyaâ…
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FAO.org: Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world’s water
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)22.06.18-
Environmental health
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Health
New report paints a worrying picture, provides recommendations on what can be done.…
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Critically endangered mountain gorilla population grows despite threats to forest habitat
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)21.06.18-
Environmental health
The number of critically endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) living in the ra…
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