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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

A new research project in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador will generate evidence on the contribution…

Seven solutions to jointly improve water security and food systems outcomes

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

Environmental health
Health

BY CLAUDIA RINGLER ANDJENNA WILF Water is vital for all life and integral to the…

ICARDA’s New PhysioTron Facility Ready to unblock global phenotyping efforts

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

ICARDA is thrilled to present its new PhysioTron machine developed in collaboration with partner nat…

Roadside market. Mozambique, Angonia province (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

Marking World Food Safety Day 2021 with a focus on ILRI’s food safety research

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Health

World Food Safety Day is celebrated annually on 7 June to raise awareness on the…

New integrated methodology supports inclusive and resilient global food systems transformation

05.06.21

Food security

The new methodology developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in co…

Millets prove tasty solution to climate and food security challenges

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

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

Food security
Nutrition

A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits, is critical…

Jordan rehabilitates its vast degraded Badia region at the micro scale

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Jordan's arid and degraded Badia region covers nearly 90% of the country's area and hosts…

The importance of human-centered ecological restoration

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

BY JESSICA WALLACH The launch of the United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) will…

Enlisting the dairy industry to end Colombia’s deforestation crisis

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Environmental health
Food security

Colombia has seen rapidly increasing deforestation, especially in areas of the Amazon rainforest. Th…

Fruit and vegetable shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (photo credit: University of Florida/Geraldine Klarenberg).

New report examines the impacts of COVID-19 control measures on food safety in East Africa

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Health

Following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), measures to contain its spread …

Food market in Son La province, northwestern Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Hung Nguyen-Viet).

Informal food markets: what it takes to make them safer

CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)

Health

Research has shown that improving the safety of food sold in informal markets can be…

Advances in breeding operations can help deliver vital varieties to smallholder farmers

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security

Public breeding operations teams serving lower income countries need to upgrade their skills and too…

Challenges for policy and research to reduce food loss and waste

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

Food security

BY SWATI MALHOTRA AND ROB VOS Food loss and waste is a substantial global problem,…

Old knowledge, new techniques – working together to rehabilitate degraded farmland

CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

For World Environment Day, Mira Haddad, ICARDA’s Associate Researcher in Spatio-temporal Assessme…

New portal for gender-responsive agricultural research for development