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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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The cereals imperative of future food systems
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.10.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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Time to double down on the triple win of disaster risk reduction
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
It seems like every week the world faces a brand new disaster. Floods, cyclones, drought…
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Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food insecurity hotspots
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need…
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Launch of CRP-GLDC Newsletter “Gender Research in the Drylands”
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)15.10.19-
Gender equality
On Rural Women’s Day, 15 October 2019, CRP-GLDC launches its newsletter “Gender Research in the…
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CGIAR centers push recommendations for CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Nutrition and Diets
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Placing the Global South front and center Among the critical conversations had at the recently…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)15.10.19-
Food security
The world urgently needs a transformation of the global food system, leading to healthier diets…
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Why the world needs to put forests on the global agenda
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)15.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change has reached a tipping point, becoming a climate crisis that is having a…
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Cassava and Climate Change: Boosting the IQ of a Naturally Climate-Smart Crop
CGIAR15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Cassava is hardy root crop consumed by millions of people across Africa—but largely ignored by…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019
CGIAR15.10.19-
Gender equality
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is pleased to mark the International Day of Rural…
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International Day of Rural Women
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
The International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) celebrates the vital role that rural women play…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019: Measuring what matters for gender equality
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.10.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
So far, 99 organizations have used the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), an innova…
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Study sheds new light on roles of women and men on RTB farms
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)14.10.19-
Gender equality
Results from a household survey of farmers in Rwanda and Burundi challenge our stereotypes about…
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Rural women are the missing link in ecosystem restoration programs
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)14.10.19Women and girls are often excluded from efforts to restore planetary ecosystems. This despite the…
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Puting fish ‘back on the plate’ in nutrition debate An interview with Eddie Allison, WorldFish Honorary Fellow
WorldFish14.10.19Research published recently in Nature showed that, in many developing countries, local fish species …
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Ghanaian farmers can now control Aflatoxin, earn big
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)14.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A study has identified the best non-toxic strains that can limit aflatoxin contamination in laborato…
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Fish and aquatic foods for healthier people and a sustainable planet
WorldFish14.10.19A message from WorldFish's Director General for World Food Day and International Days of Rural…
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Making sense of fuzzy data: new approach promises clear insights for tackling disease outbreaks in farmed fish
WorldFish13.10.19A quick, cost-effective, Cloud-based solution to one of the biggest challenges to fish farming could…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
IWMI13.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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