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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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Just launched: CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions
CGIAR05.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
A new Research Initiative from CGIAR, which aims to re-imagine and co-create nature-positive food sy…
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AgriLAC Resiliente: A CGIAR Initiative to increase resilience, sustainability and competitiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean
CGIAR19.04.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Este artículo también está disponible en español. With the participation of more than 30 researc…
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A Green Light for Desert Farming Collaboration
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)04.04.22-
Biodiversity
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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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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
At a recent KIADPAI/CGIAR side-event during the 7th International Date Palm Conference in Abu Dhabi,…
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TheDiplomat.com: Asia’s Environment Is at a Tipping Point
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)23.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Better application of scientific knowledge and technology can improve food, water, and energy securi…
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Outcomes for forests at the Bonn Climate Change Conference
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)22.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
It has been nearly three years since countries entered into the Paris Agreement. During that…
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New pest identified in West and Central Africa!
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.05.18-
Food security
A second armyworm from the Americas introduced into tropical Africa A new pest—southern armyworm, …
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Sharing the knowledge from Mỹ Lợi climate-smart village in Việt Nam
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)22.05.18-
Environmental health
The widespread adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Việt Nam is underway through knowledge-s…
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Launching the Millet Song – 'To Gain'!
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)22.05.18-
Food security
A good idea needs strong messages and inspiring champions. The Smart Food initiative has been…
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Preserving native maize and culture in Mexico
CGIAR Research Program on Maize22.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
These indigenous farmers are custodians of maize biodiversity, growing seeds passed down over genera…
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International Biodiversity Day: Diversifying agroecosystems to suppress crop pests
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.05.18-
Environmental health
BY WEI ZHANG Insect pests are a major cause of crop yield losses around the…
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The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook: delivering biodiversity knowledge in the information age
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture22.05.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook is a new framework to deliver biodiversity knowledge. Fi…
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Harmonizing crop trait data: Crop Ontology
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture22.05.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
Crop Ontology provides scientists and breeders with a common language that describes crop phenotypes…
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Disrupting agricultural and tree biodiversity science – a review of Bioversity International’s 2017
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.05.18-
Biodiversity
On the International Day of Biological Diversity, which in 2018 marks 25 years of action…
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Using the ‘four powers’ to tackle land use dilemmas
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)21.05.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Exclusion from land is inherently negative. A handful of actors hold all the power to…
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Collective effort toward more sustainable forestry management in Viet Nam
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)21.05.18Viet Nam steps up efforts to put smallholders’ forest communities at the forefront of its…
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Do men and women benefit equally from technology adoption? New paper explores
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)18.05.18-
Gender equality
Researchers have sought to understand what keeps women’s observed rates of agricultural technology…
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Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)18.05.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative has announced that the ‘Excellence and Innovatio…
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How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)18.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Worldwide, areas suitable for cocoa production are predicted to shrink by up to 20-30% over…
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Helping Vietnam transform its rice sector through sustainable rice production practices
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)18.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI works with key partners in boosting Vietnam’s rice industry through the “Vietnam Sustainabl…
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In ecotourism, trotting the globe to help protect it
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)17.05.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On the edge of Sumatra’s Leuser National Park, Tanganan village offers days spent hiking to…
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Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)17.05.18-
Health
Effective value chains can increase the presence of a crop in markets and enable farmers…
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