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

By combining the latest crop models and local expertise in Vietnam, Uganda and Nicaragua, scientists…

Ask the innovators: Which agricultural practices work best locally?

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A new study by Bioversity International explores the power of ‘positive deviance’ in Tanzania. B…

Jinping soy price threatens Amazon, Trump, and methane releasing trees

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Forests News pick of stories from around the globe: Between the land of the free…

Technologies for land restoration showcased

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

Biodiversity
Environmental health

With Africa lagging behind in efforts to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land, widespread…

Gendered time and energy expenditure in rural livelihoods: Different sides of the same coin?

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Gender equality

Understanding how women and men allocate their time and energy is important for creating gender-sens…

IRRI-IAARD to accelerate impact delivery with new rice research hub

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

01 April, 2018 – BOGOR, INDONESIA - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Direct…

New data offers insights into rural poverty and undernutrition in Papua New Guinea (Reuters)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Mar 26, 2019 In the News New data offers insights into rural poverty and undernutrition…

Report reveals global malnutrition on the rise (CNBC Africa)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Mar 27, 2019 In the News Report reveals global malnutrition on the rise (CNBC Africa)…

Urban middle class may offer lifeline to rural Africa (Reuters)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Mar 27, 2019 In the News Urban middle class may offer lifeline to rural Africa…

Rural areas are in crisis. Revitalization is the solution (Reuters)

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Mar 27, 2019 In the News Rural areas are in crisis. Revitalization is the solution…

DG Sanginga addressing participants at the workshop.

IITA and partners discuss alleviation of agroclimatic challenges in the Sahel

30.03.19

Climate adaptation & mitigation

IITA-Ibadan, hosted a 3-day workshop on 12–14 March to promote the development and implementatio…

Dr Fidelis Myaka, Project Manager for the Building capacity for Resilient Food Security project explaining the CSA practices selected and being demonstrated at the demonstration plot at Kilimbili village, Morogoro.

U.S. Government supports training on climate-smart agriculture for local government planners in Tanzania

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

30.03.19

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Morogoro – Key decision-makers and stakeholders from selected regions and districts in Tanzania …

Pearl millet is an essential food crop for millions in Asia and Africa. Crop Trust and ICRISAT are working with wild varieties to improve domestic pearl millet. Photo: PS Rao, ICRISAT

Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate

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

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

Food security
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis. These flatbreads made of pearl millet flour a…

Delegates at the launch of CSAT-Mali and Niger projects at ICRISAT- Samanko. Photo: M Magassa, ICRISAT

Climate-smart technologies to build resilience in agriculture of Niger, Mali

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Two projects were recently launched to adopt climate-smart agricultural technologies in Niger and Ma…

DRC, woman, woman carrying wood, yangambi, CIFOR

Can DRC’s community forests lift people out of poverty?

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

Environmental health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

In the quest to reduce poverty, community forestry is an attractive endeavor. So much so…

Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Original post on: Crop Wild Relatives The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis.…

Diet diversification program aims to improve health of 13,000 tribal people in South India

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

Nutrition

Energy-dense foods made from millets, sorghum and pulses are being provided to tribal communities in…

Climate-smart technologies to build resilience in agriculture of Niger, Mali