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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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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)01.11.19A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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Unity in the face of the global climate crisis: How sharing expert knowledge translates to on-the-ground solutions
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)01.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the face of a global ecosystem collapse, the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods,…
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Fight against fall armyworm in Asia benefits from experience in other regions
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)31.10.19-
Food security
When the destructive fall armyworm arrived in Asia in the summer of 2018, scientists were…
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Healthy diets at risk by expansion of industrial agriculture
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)31.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the face of a global ecosystem collapse, the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods,…
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Revitalizing the rural economy: The power to make a change
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.10.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the effort to eliminate poverty worldwide, policies that address rural poverty must be central.…
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Poor in Africa south of the Sahara face rising disproportionate risks from extreme weather
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Weather shocks driven by climate change pose huge and still uncertain risks to the world’s…
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ADB-IRRI eye increased investments for sustainable agriculture technologies
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)30.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have recently …
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Tanzania’s female parliamentarians to mainstream gender in climate adaptation
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)30.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
Climate change has been described as a wicked problem, with complexities, feedback loops and tipping…
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Making an Impact: 2018 Annual Report
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)29.10.19We excited to share our 2018 Annual Report entitled ‘Making an Impact’. We invite you…
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Food systems transformation: Uneven data, gaps hinder cross-country learning and comparison
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)29.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
A common set of food system indicators used across countries and over time would allow…
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Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security 2019: Making progress one byte at a time
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
To celebrate this year’s Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (Oct. 30), here is a blog…
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Towards sustainable food system transformation in the Global South
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)29.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
At a side event during the October 2019 Committee on World Food Security meeting in…
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Voices from the field: Supporting healthy food environments in India
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)29.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Rates of overweight and obesity are rising at an alarming rate in India, especially among…
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IMMANA announces research grant call for applications
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)29.10.19-
Nutrition
The Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) program has announ…
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Investments, policies, and technologies for food security in Asia and the Pacific
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Hunger is still on the march in Asia and the Pacific. About 518 million people…
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How do we scale solar irrigation? Here’s what the experts think
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)28.10.19Solar powered irrigation systems are providing cheap, reliable water for smallholder farmers, all w…
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Outsmarting the enemy through proactive rice science
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)28.10.19-
Food security
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is collaborating with partners in the Healthy Crops…
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Policy seminar: Exploring the links between information access and effective government
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.10.19-
Big data
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Gender equality
Access to information, whether it is a citizen seeking information on her local politicians’ manda…
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