News

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Environmental health

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is contributing to make Mexico’s agr…

Biodiversity in EU agricultural landscapes goes from science to strategy

Biodiversity
Food security

Biodiversity is a vital factor in agricultural landscapes, with an importance that cuts across the…

A woman processor holds dried fish in a solar tent dryer in Senanga District, Zambia. Photo by Olek Kaminski.

Five actions to strengthen the contribution of fish to food systems in Zambia

WorldFish

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Nutrition

A review of the actions needed to enhance the contributions of fish and aquatic foods…

Climate insurance solutions workshop held for industry professionals in Sri Lanka

International Potato Center (CIP)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Experts in remote sensing shared the latest innovations in digital data with insurance professionals…

Food system sustainability relies on potato’s “wild relatives”

22.07.21

Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about…

Agrobiodiversity Index guides decisions in the private sector

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

22.07.21

Biodiversity
Food security

Any entity that wants to enhance and maintain agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems – whe…

Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

22.07.21

Health

In June 2021, food safety experts from Cambodia and a research project team led by…

T20 Climate Forum: The post-pandemic future of food

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

21.07.21

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

BY SWATI MALHOTRA On top of climate-driven shocks, conflicts, and economic stresses, the COVID-19 pa…

Groundwater to play a key role in transforming Africa's food systems, finds AMCOW event

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

21.07.21

Environmental health
Food security

Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pivotal in the transf…

When crop diversity pays off in food security: Evidence from Ethiopia

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Climatic uncertainty means that smallholder farmers need to have more confidence in the seeds they…

Mapping evidence of food system transformation for healthier diets: What works?

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Food security
Nutrition

BY ELS LECOUTERE,MARRIT VAN DEN BERG AND ALAN DE BRAUW Effective food systems innovations—defined …

Water users' association enables farmers in Myanmar to double land under irrigation and diversify crops

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Food security
Gender equality

Most families in Myanmar rely on agriculture to make a living. Water is literally life…

Successful water planning platform and its irrigation source mapping tool rapidly scaled out

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Environmental health
Food security

Six water-thirsty departments in western Honduras began experimenting with the online water planning…

ICARDA receives ACSAD shield in recognition of its contribution to regional agricultural science

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Food security
Nutrition

Egypt, July 11 ICARDA Director General Mr Aly Abousabaa recently met with His Excellency Dr. Nasr…

James Legg (left) receiving H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn and H.E. Jakaya Kikwete at IITA’s Molecular lab. Accompanying them is Leena Tripathi.

AGRA Board chair, former Ethiopia PM, and Tanzania President tour IITA-Tanzania

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

IITA-Tanzania recently hosted the Board Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa…

DG Sanginga meeting with the teachers and principal of UMCA, and the Igbeti community members.

IITA DG encourages teachers to create agribusiness enterprises

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The impact of the IITA youth program Start Them Early Program (STEP) is far reaching; it goes…

Opadotun Oluwadamilare relaying her experience with STEP during the panel discussion at I-Youth Conference in Lagos.

I want to become a classy farmer - STEP club member

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Oluwadamilare Opadotun is the secretary of the Start Them Early Program (STEP) club at Vetland Sen…

Black Sigatoka is one of the most devastating banana diseases.

Study identifies new sources of resistance to Black Sigatoka in banana