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World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security
Gender equality

Kenya is the world’s third largest producer of avocados. It’s also Kenya’s leading fruit exp…

A restored Ngitili system in the Shinyanga Region, Tanzania

Restoring Forests, Restoring Communities: Lessons from Shinyanga

Environmental health

How secure resource rights help communities in Africa restore forests and build local economies “L…

Inclusive business models: making aquaculture value chains work for the poor

WorldFish

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

It is not always clear whether new trends in commercial growth in aquaculture are inclusive…

Press Release: Project makes water from the sun for climate smart farming

International Potato Center (CIP)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.�…

Harnessing the sweetpotato’s potential

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Sweetpotatoes can be grown on marginal land with few inputs, and orange-fleshed varieties can make…

Second Biennial Review report highlights urgent need to accelerate progress toward achieving Malabo Declaration goals by 2025

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders pledged to conduct a continent-wide Biennial Review…

Spraying locust swarm is ineffective – IITA entomologist

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security

As Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya battle huge swarms of desert locusts, great efforts are underway…

Planting trees or growing them. Do the words matter for restoring land?

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Every year, millions of dollars are spent on attempting to restore landscapes to health by…

International Women’s Day 2020

CGIAR GENDER Platform

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Gender equality

“ I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights” For IWD 2020, the CGIAR GENDER…

A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age

14.02.20

Big data
Food security

Key indicator groups (modules) generated by all RHoMIS applications (Fig. 1 from: The Rural Househol…

Ms Cheryl L Anderson, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa Bureau, USAID, Dr Ramadjita Tabo, Research Program Director, WCA, ICRISAT and Mr Scott Dobberstein, Mission Director, USAID Mali, discussing the results. Photo: N Diakité, ICRISAT

Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali

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

14.02.20

Health
Nutrition

USAID delegation visited Mali to see impacts from projects undertaken by three CGIAR institutions A…

Participants at the meet pose for a group photo. Photo: ICRISAT

Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania

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

14.02.20

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…

Breeding for Better Gender Equity

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

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Gender equality

A pilot study to validate tools that will help breeders to pay more attention to…

Cavies are not rats! They’re a source of protein and income – study

International Potato Center (CIP)

New research by scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Wagen…

Regional congress marks the end of the FoodSTART+ journey

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

Roots and tubers (RTCs) are notably versatile crops with various uses in the agriculture and…

This humble fly could change the way we deal with food waste