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High-level Consultations Show How CGIAR Will Work With Partners to Boost Impact in Africa
25.05.22Meetings 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
25.05.22-
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
23.05.22As 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
05.05.22-
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
19.04.22-
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
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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Breaking Ground: Lorena Gonzalez fast-forwards action on hunger using technology
17.05.18-
Big data
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Food security
Intrigued by the unique relationship food crops have to their geographical environment, Lorena Gonza…
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Banning charcoal isn’t the way to go. Kenya should make it sustainable
17.05.18A woman sells charcoal in Nairobi, Kenya. Flickr/Laura Rantanen By Mary Njenga, World Agroforestry C…
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Ebola returns in area scientists predicted ‘highly favorable’ for outbreak
16.05.18-
Health
Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic virus that can kill up to 90 percent of those it…
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South-South collaboration in tackling antimicrobial resistance in Asia
16.05.18-
Health
Agriculture and health experts from five southern Asian countries have pledged to work together to…
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Uganda will use trees on farms to meet national biodiversity targets
16.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Trees on farms in Uganda are the focus of a new strategy aimed at increasing…
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Scientists meet to tackle challenges facing root, tuber and banana seed systems
16.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Have you ever wondered what the potatoes, cassava, bananas and sweetpotatoes you eat are grown…
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CIMMYT Board of Trustees: Out of the Boardroom and into the field
16.05.18-
Food security
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)’s Board of Trustees visits the Cente…
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2018 GFPR Rome launch: How open trade impacts global nutrition
16.05.18-
Food security
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR “We are not dealing with [just] hunger anymore … we have a…
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How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa
16.05.18It’s been four years since African leaders met in Equatorial Guinea to commit themselves to…
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Towards greater genetic gains in rice based agri-food systems in South Asia and Africa
16.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
On a mission to make Asia and sub-Saharan Africa more food secure, IRRI’s Stress-Tolerant Rice…
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Groundnut researchers in Asia move towards modernization of breeding program
16.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The first meeting of the Groundnut Network Group-Asia (GNG-A) on 30-31 March 2018 at ICRISAT-India…
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Bangladesh Government honors former IRRI Agronomist Dr. Md. M Abdul Mazid for contributions to Bangladeshi food security
16.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dhaka, Bangladesh—25 March 2018—The government presented the “Swadhinata Padak 2018” award t…
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Oil palm for the people
15.05.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Palm oil might seem an odd proposition for reducing poverty and preserving rainforests. In recent…
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GLF summit: Leveraging investment portfolios to manage sustainable landscapes
15.05.18-
Environmental health
More than 900,000 people living off the electrical grid now have improved access to renewable…
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Ivorian seed producers trained in quality rice seed production at AfricaRice M’bé Research Station
15.05.18-
Biodiversity
About 30 Ivorian seed producers participated in a training workshop organized by the Food and…
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Canadian perspectives on the 2018 GFPR: Building women’s empowerment and food security
15.05.18-
Food security
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR “To achieve gender equality, we need to address social and economic power…
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How drone-assisted breeding can help stop rice hoja blanca disease
15.05.18CIAT and FLAR are collaborating to breed more rice varieties that are highly resistant to…
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From the soil to the law, climate change efforts in Indonesia
15.05.18-
Environmental health
Despite growing pressures of development and urbanization, community members from Sendangsari villag…
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