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Despite their growing popularity in policy and development circles, scaling nature-based solutions f…

IWMI welcomes new leadership to drive strategy 2024-2030

Each of the new members will play a key role in guiding IWMI’s growth and…

Freshwater canal grabs in Bangladesh are harming local communities

IWMI's Paul Schulze and Deepa Joshi on how freshwater canals are being appropriated by leaseholders…

September-October 2024 Research Journal Roundup

Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from September and October 2024. The post…

Transferring flood waters underground builds community climate resilience in India

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

IWMI began piloting underground transfer of floods for irrigation (UTFI) in a village in the…

ShambaShield: Delivering inclusive finance and climate-smart solutions to Kenyan farmers

Climate adaptation & mitigation

ShambaShield is a CGIAR project that seeks to bridge the gap between agro-advisories and financial…

CGIAR Appoints Dr. Sandra Milach as Chief Scientist – New Role to Focus on Ensuring CGIAR Research and Innovation Deliver Impact

6 January 2025 — Montpellier, France CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly funded agrifood system …

A smart—and smartly delivered—advisory service for Rwanda's small-scale farmers

by Bester Mudereri A cost-effective fertilizer recommendation tool developed for six staple crops in…

VarScout, a digital app for all seasons that is transforming crop varietal data collection—and visualization and use

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

By Dinah Borus VarScout is a cloud- and mobile-phone-based application that transforms how crop vari…

A boy returns home with his family herd at dusk in Lhate Village, Chokwe, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

Fostering collaboration between CGIAR and French institutions toward agriculture and health

Health
Nutrition, health & food security

On 5–6 December 2024, CGIAR and French institutions gathered in Paris to forge a new…

'ShambaShield'—Delivering inclusive finance and climate-smart solutions to Kenyan farmer

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

by Shalika Vyas Millions of resource-poor smallholder farmers feed and nourish the people of Kenya.…

Inclusive and equitable canal water management towards sustainable agriculture urged at Bangladesh policy dialogue

CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas

Food security

In the southern coastal deltaic regions of Bangladesh, freshwater canals are a lifeline to multiple…

Rewatch all Delta Talks: A journey through research on food systems and climate resilience in Asian Mega-Deltas

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Adaptation
Climate adaptation & mitigation

A collaboration between the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Wageningen University & …

Canadian delegation finds huge potential in Vietnam’s one million-hectare program

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Nutrition

Can Tho City, Vietnam, December 20, 2024 —The Canadian Embassy in Vietnam delegation, led by…

IRRI and Kubota partner up on experiment to reduce GHG emissions

International Potato Center (CIP)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Mitigation

(Photo) Gas sampling collection using the closed chamber method during land preparation Kubota and I…

Quality seed potato for improved yields: A win for smallholder farmers

05.01.25

In Rwanda, access to quality seed for improved and market preferred varieties is a challenge.…

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