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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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Stop waiting to get back to normal: We need to build back better – and this starts with transforming food systems
CGIAR01.07.20-
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
By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…
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New study sheds light on early intensification of smallholder backyard poultry farming systems
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.07.20-
Food security
A new research study published in the journal Animal (24 June 2020) investigated early intensificati…
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CIFOR’s Robert Nasi to U.S. congressional staff: wildlife trade, ecosystem degradation and climate change, major drivers of emerging infectious diseases
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)30.06.20Ample evidence exists to show that landscape changes resulting from ecosystem fragmentation and degr…
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Making livestock vaccination campaigns work for farmers in East Africa
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.06.20-
Health
Scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute have published a study on the uptake …
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The critical role of women in avoiding a Covid-19 “food pandemic” in sub-Saharan Africa
International Potato Center (CIP)29.06.20-
Gender equality
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Jun 24 2020 (IPS) – As infections with Covid-19 appear to be intensifyi…
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Micronutrient status in the DR Congo: What to do when diet and blood measurements do and don’t align
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.06.20-
Health
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Nutrition
By Kristina Michaux and Erick Boy Deficiency of one or more micronutrients, particularly iron, vitam…
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WEBINAR: Merging ecosystem-based adaptation and insurance/finance: why we need it!
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)29.06.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In this exciting webinar, held 19 June 2020, experts discussed the opportunities and challenges for…
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No hunger games
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)28.06.20-
Food security
Farmers are playing specially designed games intended to give them insights into the collective mana…
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Secret to on-off fertility discovered in pigeonpea
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)26.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
New study reveals how in some lines male sterility can be reversed to produce hybrids…
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Economic incentives to resolve conflicts in transboundary flows within watersheds: the case of the Cordilleras in the Philippines
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)26.06.20-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
When it comes to property rights, many Philippine forests are open access. This means that…
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ILRI’s ‘Azizi’ facility is storing samples of livestock and wildlife biodiversity for future research
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.06.20-
Biodiversity
Written by Ekta Patel & Paul Karaimu Cylindrical liquid nitrogen sample storage tanks. Nairobi-b…
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Significant economic impacts due to COVID-19 and falling remittances in Myanmar
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.06.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By: Xinshen Diao and Michael Wang As COVID-19 spreads in more low- and middle-income countries,…
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Women farmers in Malawi and Zambia fighting fall armyworm
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.06.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Life as we once knew it is gone. The emergence and spread of COVID-19 has…
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From working in the fields to taking control
CGIAR Research Program on Wheat25.06.20-
Gender equality
Using data from 12 communities across four Indian states, an international team of researchers has…
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Policy seminar: What is needed for gender-sensitive COVID-19 responses in agriculture and food security?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.06.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Khiem Nguyen COVID-19 is posing new challenges to efforts to promote women’s empowerment, threa…
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The critical role of women in avoiding a Covid-19 “food pandemic” in sub-Saharan Africa
CGIAR GENDER Platform25.06.20-
Gender equality
By Gaudiose Mujawamariya ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Jun 24 2020 (IPS) – As infections with Covid-…
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New research hub to coordinate CGIAR’s COVID-19 response
CGIAR25.06.20-
Food security
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Health
A CGIAR COVID-19 Hub has been established to consolidate existing scientific evidence and help suppo…
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As COVID-19 fractures food systems, global experts issue roadmap to avert post-pandemic food shocks caused by climate change
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)25.06.20WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS (25 June 2020) – Influential voices from six continents present path …
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