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

Food security
Nutrition

By Janet Hodur The COVID-19 pandemic—and the resulting economic crisis and disrupted food and heal…

Dr Shrikant L Sawargonkar, IGKV, observing state multilocation trials in Raipur (2019)

New groundnut variety with high oil, high pod yields released in Central India

Food security

A new groundnut variety, with 28% higher yields of oil and pods compared to zonal…

Only fair oceans can strengthen people and planet, argue researchers in new report

WorldFish

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

A reset on ocean governance is needed to support a healthy and thriving relationship between…

Can groundwater cushion Africa from future shocks, and spark development?

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security

Groundwater has thus far been a sleeping giant in most of sub-Saharan Africa. However, there…

Targeted fertilizer recommendations improve maize productivity in Ethiopia

16.07.20

Food security

A study on the impact of providing site-specific fertilizer recommendations on fertilizer usage, pro…

Farmers at their farm pond in the Kurnool watershed. Photo: ICRISAT Development Center

Low-cost drought-proofing strategies help farmers in southern India

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

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

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Collaborative project with Power Grid Corp of India has significant scale-out potential Technologies…

A farmer ploughs his field in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: P Srujan, ICRISAT

6 Ideas to transform food systems in a post-COVID-19 India

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security
Health

The ongoing health crisis around COVID-19 has raised global concerns on food and nutrition security.…

Coconut bashing?

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

Environmental health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

While the worlds’ coconut beaches are all very quiet from the pause in global tourism…

The DAFNE project in Omo Turkana and Zambezi basins: Achievements and experiences

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

The project on developing a Decision Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food NExus (…

Phone surveys to understand gendered impacts of COVID-19: A cautionary note

14.07.20

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

As the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to evolve, researchers have been using…

A new vista emerging: local, diverse food chains

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

14.07.20

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our economies to shocks, with governments desperately look…

Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security
Nutrition

COVID-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt. Alarmingly, this includes severe impact on…

Bui Van Ben (left) and Dinh Thi Hong (right), Muong ethnic people in Vietnam grow rice and keep pigs, buffalos, chickens in their house to generate more incomes. Photo: ILRI/Vu Ngoc Dung.

Gender research in One CGIAR: Where do we go from here?

CGIAR GENDER Platform

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

Gender equality

That’s the question gender researchers from across CGIAR will attempt to answer when they come…

Photo: Mr Fousseyni Mariko, seed producer, President of the Cooperative Djiguifa in Solabougouda with his wife, Mrs Diala Sangare, in Sikasso region, Mali. (ICRISAT)

Farmer cooperatives across West and Central Africa help expand access to improved seeds, boosting yields

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

Photo: Mr Fousseyni Mariko, seed producer, President of the Cooperative Djiguifa in Solabougouda wit…

Legume farmer fab labs design seeds that work for family farms, women and the market.

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

Photo: A Diama, ICRISAT Protein and micronutrient-packed legumes like cowpea, groundnut, beans or ch…

Mrs Aminata Diawara and her daughter showing samples of their sorghum produce. (ICRISAT)

Malian farmer sets an example as a successful seed producer

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

Photo: Mrs. Aminata Diawara and her daughter showing samples of their sorghum produce. (ICRISAT) Far…

A chickpea crop in fruit at a demonstration field in Phalombe district. (ICRISAT)

New chickpea varieties on the way