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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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Ghana’s ten percent agricultural expenditure saga: Why reported government expense shares are less than meets the eye
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.07.19-
Food security
In 2003, African countries signed the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAAD…
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What’s next for Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia and globally?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)17.07.19-
Environmental health
With Ethiopia and the world working towards more Sustainable Land Management (SLM), global experts m…
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DailyMaverick.co.za: As water systems fail across the country, rural communities look to self-supply
IWMI17.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
About half of municipal wastewater and water treatment works across South Africa are in a…
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Governing Myanmar’s inland fisheries: looking for the right balance
WorldFish17.07.19With an extraordinary diversity of ecosystems and fish species, Myanmar ranks among the top-ten fish…
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What's the future of food subsidies in Egypt?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)16.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
In Egypt’s current context of wide-ranging economic reforms, there is growing momentum to improve …
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Forman Lecture: Harold Alderman on the pathways between childhood nutrition and economic growth
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)16.07.19-
Nutrition
Investing in young children’s nutrition yields substantial economic benefits to society. But that …
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PIM Achievements in 2018: Highlights
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)15.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Sound policies and well-functioning institutions and markets are essential to building sustainable a…
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AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa
AfricaRice15.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
15 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboratio…
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Drylands Development Programme: changed lives in the Sahel
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)15.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Many farming families in dryland Africa have been struggling to feed themselves and lead a…
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V4CP meeting: The power of hard evidence in impacting systems change
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.07.19On June 13-14, SNV and IFPRI held our annual Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) meeting to refle…
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CIAT and Grupo Papalotla signed an agreement for the development of new tropical pasture hybrids
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.07.19As global population grows so will demand for animal protein (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, 2009…
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CIAT leads project to reduce deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.07.19The initiative, jointly coordinated with the Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) and Ministry o…
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African policy makers turn on to biofortification
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.07.19Biofortification, or the genetic improvement of crops for better nutritional value, is an effort tha…
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US Government renews commitment to Mali’s food security and agriculture-led economic growth
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)12.07.19-
Food security
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Health
Renewing its commitment to investments in Mali, USAID’s partnership declaration event at the US Em…
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Understanding farmer concerns to improve pest and disease management
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)11.07.19-
Food security
Insect pests and diseases are high on the list of concerns for farmers of root,…
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Is climate-smart agriculture the silver bullet to attract youth to agriculture?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.07.19With the average African farmer’s age hitting nearly 60 years, the sector’s stakeholders have be…
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Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)11.07.19-
Health
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Nutrition
The national elections in India may well be over, but the persistent issue of malnutrition…
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Ernesto Morón: cultivating timber trees in the Peruvian Amazon
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)11.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Recently, researchers of the FuenteS project visited the farm of Ernesto Morón, who is producing…
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