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Agrifood Systems as Part of the Solution: Spotlight Conversations on Agriculture Innovation
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.01.23Are we investing enough to end hunger by 2030, the date set for its termination…
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Policy seminar: Leveraging Kenya’s new Bottom-Up Economic Plan for food system transformation
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.12.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Kenya’s new government has developed an ambitious Bottom-Up Economic Plan to tackle complex dome…
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Birds eye view of CGIAR’s Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR)
CGIAR16.12.22Climate, political and economic crises are putting millions at risk of poverty and hunger. We…
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CGIAR Wins International Recognition for Progress in Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
CGIAR15.12.22Paris, France, December 15, 2022 – CGIAR took top prize in the “Diversity and Inclusion” ca…
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Can we Still End Hunger by 2030? CGIAR and the Economist Discuss What it Will Take
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)13.12.22The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, to end hunger by 2030, has become…
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25th Meeting of the System Board & Retreat – A Communique
CGIAR12.12.22The CGIAR System Board meeting and retreat, held on December 8-9, 2022, in Nairobi, was…
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Global meeting brings together world’s foremost potato experts
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)31.05.18-
Food security
More than 800 potato scientists, industry representatives, government officials and other interested…
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Uncertainty over land rights perceived as top investment risk in new USAID survey
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)31.05.18-
Environmental health
Insights into the way the private sector deal with risks to their investments stemming from…
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Opportunities and Challenges for CGIAR in a Changing World
CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)31.05.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) recently convened its 17th meeting at the F…
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ScienceLine.org: What pushes a major city to the brink of running out of water?
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)31.05.18-
Environmental health
By April, it became clear the city would just avoid reaching “Day Zero,” the date…
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To survive in climate change, look past targets and focus on the long game
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)31.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Under the theme “Building the Investment Case for Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration,” the 2…
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How trade wars threaten food security
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY WILL MARTIN AND DAVID LABORDE What began as heated rhetoric over trade between the United…
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Rice and Reason: Planning for System Complexity in the Indus Basin
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)30.05.18-
Food security
The summary of this scenario development workshop and a Vision for the Indus Basin will…
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A brief explainer of how REDD+ finance works
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)30.05.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In one of largest ongoing efforts to tackle climate change, projects happening the world under…
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Working with Cambodian rice farmers to combat a plague of rodents
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)30.05.18By adapting new rodent pest management strategies, Cambodian farmers are now able to defend their…
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From 'Look East' and 'Act East,' India must 'Think Big' and 'Act Big'
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY MANMEET AJMANI AND DEVESH ROY India's Republic Day Jan. 26 marked a significant change in the…
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Agroforestry Concessions are a strategic mechanism for smallholders in the Amazon. How do we make it work?
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)29.05.18-
Environmental health
Every year, the Peruvian Amazon loses more than 100,000 hectares of forest due to expansion…
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Progress on the process of managing landscapes
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)28.05.18-
Environmental health
It’s 2018, and the pressure to manage the world’s resources responsibly for people, biodiversity…
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Here’s how to do bean breeding the climate-smart way
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture28.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
There’s a high likelihood that in 10-30 years’ time, heat stress will become a constraint…
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SeedCast – Innovative mobile app launched by IRRI to estimate seed demand for rice varieties in Odisha, India
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)28.05.18IRRI together with the Odisha Department of Agriculture and the Odisha State Seed Corporation (OSSC)…
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Are deforestation-free commodities too good to be true?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.05.18-
Environmental health
Thanks to pressure and advocacy from civil society, governments, shareholders and consumers in the G…
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Major step forward in chickpea and pigeonpea research – reference genome data assembled
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)26.05.18-
Nutrition
Breeding high nutritional varieties of chickpea and pigeonpea just got easier. With new technology, …
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Adaptable, productive Unica: a potato for farmers around the world
International Potato Center (CIP)25.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Alejandro Verastegui’s family has been farming potatoes commercially in Jauja Province, in Peru’…
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Joining the dots between crops, livestock and markets in West Africa
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)25.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
A project that aims to strengthen research in crop-livestock systems, to substantially change lives …
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