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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security

Following the spread of fall armyworm, crowdsourced data is powering a web-based application to he…

Systems thinking at work in South Asia’s food production

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

In 2009, state governments in Northwest India implemented a policy designed to reduce groundwater ex…

The role of agroforestry in forest restoration

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

The Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP) was launched in 201…

How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19?

Food security
Health

In a recent blog post, we analyzed how the spread of the disease associated with the…

Economist Intelligence Unit: As the world’s philanthropists boost climate funding, let’s make water a priority

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, argues that our efforts to mitigate the impacts of…

2020 the Year of #Water4Climate

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change – and how the…

COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Health

Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most…

An Alliance for Trees: Why forest biodiversity is "too precious to lose"

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

From forest fires to COVID-19, this year has already presented grave challenges to human and planet…

Dr Paco Sereme, Chair of the ICRISAT Governing Board and Dr Ramadjita Tabo, Research Program Director, WCA watching a poster presentation by phd student Ms Madina Diancoumba along with other scientists. Photo: N Diakite, ICRISAT

Nutrition, gender and breeding modernization: Focal points of West and Central Africa research agenda

Gender equality
Health

The spotlight was on biofortification, gender equity and breeding program modernization at the recen…

Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Big data
Climate adaptation & mitigation

A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art…

Amazon rainforest could disappear within 50 years, scientists report

Five (or six) solutions for saving the world’s forests and restoring landscapes

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

We’ve heard a lot about ambitious tree planting initiatives in recent months. Laudable as these…

Close-up of Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus producer of aflatoxins in corn. KOOKLE/Shutterstock

Training and low-cost tech cut aflatoxin by 53 per cent

19.03.20

Health

Aflatoxin exposure threatens food security throughout the developing world. Training and low-cost te…

WHEAT carries on in the “new normal” of COVID-19

CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

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

Health

The CGIAR Research Program on Wheat and its lead center, the International Maize and Wheat…

Turning off the tap, while tapping into inclusive institutions

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

In Myanmar, limited groundwater resources must be used wisely to safeguard the livelihoods of thousa…

Scaling vitamin A-rich sweetpotato in Africa

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Food security

A look back at more than 25 years of work shows how innovation at all…

8 reads on how coronavirus could swing the battle against climate change