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ICRISAT-led nutrition enhancement program to reach more vulnerable groups

Giri Poshana for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) launched.  Over 16,000 children, ado…

Scaling up innovation and partnerships to modernize African food systems

Pearl millet and sorghum are the staple food crops in Sahelian countries with 80% of…

Monitoring and evaluation key steps for food system transformations

Monitoring and tracking of the key drivers as well as the outcomes of food systems…

Techniques to enhance the genetic gain in crop breeding programs

As the climate crisis intensifies, populations grow, disease and pest proliferate, and natural resou…

South Asian and African countries use data from space to act fast on drought

When drought starts to set in somewhere in South Asia or Africa, there is no…

CGIAR Kicks Off the CWANA Consultations

CGIAR Kicks Off the CWANA Consultations Early this July, CGIAR invited over 120 delegates from…

Private sector using solar suitability tool and maps to expand solar pump supply chains across Africa

As climate change threatens water and food security in Africa, small solar pumps could irrigate…

CIMMYT announces new Director General ad interim

Today the Board of Trustees of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announc…

Improving food donation policies is key to fighting food waste

BY EMILY BROAD LEIB AND DOUG O'BRIEN As much as one third of all food produced is…

2021 Synthesis of Learning from a Decade of CGIAR Research Programs Unpacks ‘Big Picture’ Insights, Lessons, and Actionable Recommendations for One CGIAR

“I see your point!” How data visualization and facilitating access to data can help stakeholders make more impactful decisions

How to tailor data visualization and evidence sharing for improved stakeholder uptake and applicatio…

Six key principles for improving agricultural water productivity

Over two billion people already live in areas experiencing high water stress, and that number…

A global manifesto to conserve forgotten foods

We are excited to announce the launch of a global manifesto for collective actions onforgotten food…

UNFSS Science Days: Groundwater can play a key role in transforming Africa’s food systems

BY CLAUDIA RINGLER Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pi…

Roots and tubers can help households to weather storms

When super-typhoon Ompong blasted through the northern Philippines in September 2018, farmers who gr…

Farmers prefer locally bred CBSD-resistant cassava clones in DRC

The USAID-funded Action to Control Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in the Democratic Republic of…

IITA to strengthen collaboration with BUK

An IITA-Kano delegation led by Station Head Alpha Kamara visited the Vice-Chancellor Bayero Universi…

Improved eating: Healthy benefits of fortified snacks

Eating healthy snacks is one way to combat poor nutrition, while legumes can replace animal-based…