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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Big data

CIMMYT’s projects in Latin America feature in a new report that aims to help countries…

Policy seminar: Doing more, doing better, and doing new on climate adaptation

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

With the Sept. 23 UN Climate Action Summit and other events—including the recent release of the …

Improved soybean varieties increase farmer incomes by 53% – study shows

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Without a doubt, maize is the giant of all food crops in Malawi. However, most…

Scientists show which genetic loci is associated with bunch weight in highland banana

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Scientists have, for the first time, located the position of major quantitative trait loci associate…

A plate served with fried pork and raw relishes (photo credit: ILRI/Martin Heilmann, Freie Universitaet Berlin).

ILRI researchers propose traceability system for Kenya’s smallholder pig value chain

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Health

A traceability system in the smallholder pig value chain in Kenya could help address challenges…

Breaking news from the United Nations climate action summit…New York

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

CGIAR to get more than $650 Million to accelerate efforts to help 300 million smallholder…

Immediate action needed to improve soil carbon sequestration: key messages for decision-makers

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Soil organic carbon (SOC) protection and sequestration in agriculture could contribute to the greenh…

Fostering rural transformation under climate change: suggestions for the Global Commission on Adaptation

Climate adaptation & mitigation

WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS (19 September 2019) – The people least responsible for greenhouse gas …

The future of aquatic foods – including lab-grown “synthetic” fish – spurs new agreement between WorldFish and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

WorldFish

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

(Penang, Malaysia – 17thSept 2019) – The need to better understand the future of aquatic foods…

Climate change is a youth issue

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Climate change ranks among the most important dynamics shaping livelihoods of young people now and…

Large-scale genomics will improve the yield, climate-resilience, and quality of bread wheat, new study shows

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

Using the full wheat genome map published in 2018, combined with data from field testing…

Participants of the international course on remote sensing, at the Centre for Dryland Agriculture, Bayero University (CDA-BUK), Kano. Photo: CDA-BUK

Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Health

A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…

IFPRI at the African Association of Agricultural Economists conference

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

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The African Association of Agricultural Economists holds its 6th annual conference this week in Ab…

Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Environmental health

A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…

Climate smart agriculture: a winning strategy for farming families in El Niño seasons

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Approaching the homestead of Joseph Maravire and his wife, Reason, on a warm late August…

A focus on gender is key to climate adaptation

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Gender equality

Fourth in a series of blog posts exploring IFPRI's work on climate change and its implications for…

Genomics delivers ‘super chickpea’ in record time

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

Nutrition

Two improved varieties developed through genomics-assisted breeding are headed for Indian farms Indi…

IWMI’s wastewater aquaculture reuse project wins Sanitation Challenge for Ghana