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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain…

Climate security in the Ganges deltas: Interview with PhD researcher Suza Ma for Womens History Month

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security
Gender equality

Written by Nina de Ayala Parker. The Ganges Delta - like deep-set veins seeping through the land…

Genebank joins network to boost conservation and use of agrobiodiversity

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

Biodiversity

Future Seeds is the Latin American hub of international initiative to mobilize crop diversity conser…

How to facilitate for inclusion: 14 tips from knowledge sharing experts

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

Biodiversity

As part of its commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace, on International Women’s…

How gender affects patterns of asset ownership and control in Egypt

28.03.21

Gender equality

A recent study conducted by ICARDA’s Gender Scientist Dr. Dina Najjar, published in Feminist Econo…

Mr Olivier Lefay, Program Manager, Food Security, of the Delegation of the European Union in Mali, and Dr Ramadjita Tabo, Regional and Research Program Director, West and Central Africa (WCA), ICRISAT, during the Annual Review and Planning Meeting of the UE-APSAN-Mali project. Photo: N Diakité, ICRISAT

Malian farmers garner benefits of breeding initiatives, despite pandemic

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

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

Food security
Health

EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain…

Women seed producers in the sorghum seed farm, Tanzania. Photo: A Mwalughelo, MHEG

Building seed business hubs around women and youth in Tanzania

Gender equality
Health

Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed…

Food systems approach key to balancing biodiversity, livelihoods

WorldFish

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Health
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A food systems approach led the extraordinary recovery of hilsa fish stocks while boosting the…

Upscaling Climate Smart and Nutrition Sensitive Beans and Finger Millet in Uganda

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Nutrition

Upscaling Climate Smart and Nutrition Sensitive Beans and Finger Millet in Uganda…

How CGIAR is prioritising gender perspectives into climate security

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

By Frans Schapendonk and Giulia Caroli. Projects that support greater food security must look at…

How do we sustainably manage transboundary diseases and crop pests?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Environmental health

In our hyper-connected world, it should come as no surprise that recent years have shown…

COVID-19 and other shocks facing Papua New Guinea's food economy

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

Food security
Gender equality

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted urban and rural households throughout Papua New Guinea (PNG). Loo…

Sorghum scientists from public and private sectors across India gather to share insights on modern breeding technologies

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Continuing a long-standing partnership with sorghum scientists across institutes in India, a long-ov…

Building resilient aquatic food livelihoods in Myanmar

WorldFish

24.03.21

Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Health
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

WorldFish researchers are working alongside small-scale aquatic food producers and value chain actor…

What is nixtamalization?

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

Nutrition

For centuries, people across Mexico and Central America have been using a traditional method, known…

Crisis in the Himalayas: climate change and unsustainable development

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

The [Uttarakhand flood] disaster last month in India demonstrated the risks from rising temperatures…

Over 5000 rice value chain actors in Senegal to benefit from youth-focused COVID-19 response

AfricaRice

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Saint Louis - Senegal, 23 March 2021 To support the government of Senegal’s efforts in…

evelopment and Delivery Office Director, Alfred Dixon, cuts the ribbon to kick off the exhibition.

BASICS-II kicks off partnership to promote improved cassava varieties cultivation and consumption