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20.05.19

Climate adaptation & mitigation

“We have about twenty years to change our acts before something irreversible happens,” said Rob…

New book: Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions in India

20.05.19

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

For Immediate Release New book: Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions…

Landscape restoration: Is it working?

19.05.19

A recent study by scientists at University College London (UCL) and the University of Edinburgh…

Agroforestry at 40: The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry in research, development, policy and delivery

19.05.19

The institutional evolution of World Agroforestry for the two thousand and tens decade is a…

Successful completion of the YEAG project

WorldFish

19.05.19

19 May 2019 Aswan, Upper Egypt - WorldFish, the Swiss Embassy in Cairo, and Aswan’s local…

Looking for the right tree for the right place? Agroforestry Species Switchboard Version 2

18.05.19

Nutrition

The updated Agroforestry Species Switchboard is a ‘one-stop shop’ to retrieve data about plant s…

Indigenous youth explore human rights challenges in ‘Through Their Eyes’ book

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

Victor Lopez-Carmen, a member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and the…

Where do we see our world in 2050?

What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends,…

Public–private–people partnership for cocoa and forests in Côte d’Ivoire

Food security
Nutrition

For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa. Its…

UN Drylands ambassador calls for greater focus on restoration of tropical drylands

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Dennis Garrity, United Nations Drylands Ambassador, called for increased attention on restoring trop…

Eradicating hunger through the African Orphan Crops Consortium

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Nutrition

Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food…

DG Sanginga conferred doctor of honoris causa by KU Leuven, Belgium

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

IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga received this week the degree of doctor of honoris causa …

From ‘ABC’ to the ‘Ds’ of agriculture – Digital, Disruption and Dissemination

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Experts at the 11th ICT4D Conference called for global cooperation in digital agriculture Informatio…

Greater than the sum of its parts – highlighting how CGIAR is working as one

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Claudia Sadoff, director general of the International Water Management Institute (left) visits a glo…

David Ellis: Finding the balance between manager and scientist

CGIAR Genebank Platform

Biodiversity

Dave Ellis, who recently retired as leader of the International Potato Center genebank in Lima,…

Keeping the peace in a national park buffer zone

Burkina Faso - Part III of VI-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST…

Understanding success in research-for-development projects

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

A new study argues that there are five key success factors that need to be…

New groundnut varieties for improved resilience and market competitiveness