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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Experimental auctions reveal the true willingness of farmers to pay (WTP) for various farming inputs…

Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim

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

Gender equality
Nutrition

Note: Join us July 10 as the authors and other participants discuss their survey of…

Making irrigation technology more affordable in Ethiopia

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

Food security

“We will give due attention to the agricultural sector to bring about a fundamental change,…

Solar powered technology helps backyard kitchen gardens and smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.

Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers

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

Food security

Originally published on The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as part of the Uncharted Waters blog…

Science is not negotiable: Reflections from the UN climate talks in Bonn

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Two things struck us the most in this year’s intersessional climate talks: Firstly, countries fail…

Cobs & Spikes podcast: Women in wheat science

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Demand for wheat is predicted to increase 70% by the year 2050. As demand for…

Experimental stations in Mexico improve global agriculture

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

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) operates five agricultural experiment …

A day to remember: Scientists and processors exchange on the changes in the cassava value chain in Colombia over the past 20 years

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Food security
Nutrition

With funding from the Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research Program (RTB), the International Center for…

IITA Youth Agripreneurs program wins international award for youth empowerment innovations

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

In recognition of its commitment to improving both agribusiness opportunities and creditworthiness o…

When small is beautiful – but not spectacular

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Taking stock of a widespread water intervention in Africa. New study highlights the need for…

Research approaches required for supporting the empowerment of pastoral dairy women

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security
Gender equality

Maasai woman feeding her child milk (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The especially rich and clearl…

Reconciling food security, resource depletion and environmental quality trade-offs in India

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation

New research, by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), delved into linkages…

Conservation agriculture meets relay cropping

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

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

In 2003, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) designed a set of long-term trials…

The world needs a global system to detect and halt the spread of emerging crop diseases

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

In the same manner that nations collaborate to detect and stop human pandemics, a global…

Conference: Challenges of eliminating child labor in agriculture and food chains

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

Gender equality

Around the world, more than 70% of child labor is found in the agriculture sector—an…

Long-standing partnership with Myanmar strengthened

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

Health
Nutrition

The Department of Agriculture Research (DAR), Myanmar, has enhanced its partnership with ICRISAT for…

Fifty technologies in five years – Feed the Future, MISST project shares outcomes in Malawi