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Supporting the Food System Dialogues for Honduras ahead of UN summit

We have never had a better understanding of the need to transform food systems. The…

Future Thinking for Present Decisions: On the Importance of Foresight and Trade-Off Analyses in Agricultural Research Portfolio and Investment Plans

The Global Food Systems 5050 Initiative: Tracking and promoting progress on gender equality amid food systems transformation

BY JEMIMAH NJUKI Women play critical roles in food systems—as producers, processors, traders, cons…

Smallscale composting can help put the brakes on youth immigration in Niger

A small group of youth from Niger learned a fast-paced composting technique. Their learnings are…

Why youth here aspire to be farmers, the case of Burkina Faso

Jobs that are intellectually satisfying, economically rewarding and low on drudgery are the biggest …

Co-creating a Theory of Change for the Genebank Initiative

A new online process that enabled the Initiative Design Team (IDT) with a large group…

ILRI and partners call for greater investment in global animal health in the fight against pandemics

To mark World Veterinary Day 2021, the International Livestock Research Institute joined a number of…

CIMMYT and John Innes Centre announce strategic collaboration on wheat research

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the John Innes Centre (JIC) have…

El Niño can help predict cacao harvests up to 2 years in advance

Long-term weather data is absent in many places, complicating rain predictions for crops. Researcher…

WorldFish Science Director Prof. Eddie Allison named among world’s top cited

Prof. Eddie Allison, WorldFish’s interim director of science and research, was named in the worl…

Can child wasting be prevented in times of crisis? Evidence from Burundi

This post is the sixth in a series on a research project in Guatemala and Burundi…

Survey: A major food transfer program in Bangladesh fell short during the COVID-19 pandemic

BY SHYAMAL CHOWDHURY, NAHIAN BIN KHALED, KALYANI RAGHUNATHAN, SHAHIDUR RASHID AND HONOR DEARLOVE Ban…

NAQS honors IITA with “Service Support Award” for phytosanitary capacity development

A long-time collaborator and partner, the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS), honored …

Study: Examining wealth and residential inequalities in India’s double burden of malnutrition

The double burden of malnutrition—the coexistence of underweight and micronutrient deficiencies wi…

Georgia Seed Model Farm Opens

Dignitaries, researchers, and private sector representatives gathered this week in southwestern Geor…

Leaders Summit on Climate: USAID Announcements

On April 22-23, President Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to catalyze global…

The golden eggs that keep on giving

Ask any child who is well versed in Aesop’s fables and you will learn that…

Biofortified sweetpotato improving lives of smallholder farmers in Malawi

Historically, most of Malawi’s food has been produced by small-scale farmers operating on less tha…