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For over two decades, the Soils Theme of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in collaboration with partners…

Integrated agriculture-aquaculture with rtb crops within ponds. Aquaculture, Bangladesh. Photo by Mark Prein, 2006.

A food system integration story: Fish with roots, tubers and bananas

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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Nutrition

What do catfish and bananas have in common? No, this is not a riddle or…

Aung Kyaw with fish from his pond. Photo by Majken Schmidt Søgaard.

Key recommendations to boost small-scale aquaculture in inland Myanmar

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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Small-scale aquaculture is a vital source of food and income in Myanmar. At present, it…

Alison Bentley to be new Global Wheat Program director

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

In November 2020, Alison Bentley will be joining the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Cente…

From India to Ethiopia, crop residues - the 'leftovers' after crops have been harvested - have long been valued by farmers as feed for their livestock. (Left) Photo S. Macmillan/ILRI (right) A. Habtamu/ILRI

No such thing as waste: full-purpose crops a double boon for people and livestock

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Photo: From India to Ethiopia, crop residues - the 'leftovers' after crops have been harvested…

Zinc study suggests possible role for biofortification in addressing non-communicable diseases

12.08.20

Health
Nutrition

By Laura Pompano and Erick Boy The double burden of malnutrition is a rapidly growing…

Creative solutions to deliver planting material under lockdown

International Potato Center (CIP)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

With lockdowns, curfews and other constraints along food supply chains, many farmers have struggled …

Policy seminar: How food businesses are coping with COVID-19

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

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

By Swati Malhotra The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the world’s economy, food syste…

ICRISAT scientists Dr Janila Pasupuleti (L) and Dr Pooran Gaur (R) presenting packs of two new groundnut varieties to the Minister for Agriculture Singireddy Niranjan Reddy (center) in Hyderabad on August 4, 2020. Photo: ICRISAT

New ICRISAT groundnut varieties to be available from the next season

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

Photo: ICRISAT scientists Dr Janila Pasupuleti (L) and Dr Pooran Gaur (R) presenting packs of…

(L) Finger millet on-station trial at Chitedze research station. (R) On-farm chickpea trial in Phalombe district. Photo: ICRISAT-Malawi

Malawi officially releases its first improved chickpea and finger millet varieties

CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)

Photo: (L) Finger millet on-station trial at Chitedze research station. (R) On-farm chickpea trial i…

What have we learned about the Science of Scaling?

09.08.20

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

One Acre Fund works with approximately 450,000 farm households in Rwanda, and is collaborating with…

Launch of the ICRISAT Annual Report 2019

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

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

Biodiversity
Environmental health

2019 was a year of many firsts… And we are glad to have rolled out…

Malawi officially releases its first improved chickpea and finger millet varieties

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

Food security
Nutrition

High-yielding chickpea and finger millet varieties with yield potential of up to 3 tons per…

(L) Groundnut demonstration plot interspersed with guava trees in Anantapur. (R) Pigeonpea demonstration plot in Wanaparthy. Photo: ICRISAT

Harvesting rains to grow fruit, vegetables and improved crops at watershed learning sites in India

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

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This cropping season, observing all safety measures amidst the COVID pandemic, more than a 1,000…

New ICRISAT groundnut varieties to be available from the next season

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Nutrition

Two new groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content developed by ICRISAT in association with…

New directions for agricultural value chain finance in Viet Nam