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International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

The guidelines are expected to successfully overcome institutional hurdles and will eventually lead …

CNN.com: Can the Middle East solve its water problem?

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

"When you draw down more water than is replenished, then you begin to degrade the…

Philippine partners learn about mechanized straw collection

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Rice straw is a major residue in Philippine rice farms. Due to lack of awareness…

IRRI, FAO teams up to develop sustainable rice value chain in Africa

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

IRRI, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is equipping the next genera…

Reduce bureaucracy for community, indigenous groups embroiled in land rights challenges, report urges

Environmental health

Formal land tenure claims -- often stalled by costly legal disputes lasting up to 30…

Repositioning forests in rural economic development

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

Indonesia - Every time we pick out a new end table or order a burger,…

Can direct benefits from PPP schemes trickle down beyond private business to the rest of society?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

How do you measure public-private partnership schemes’ impacts to the society and environment? To …

2018 GFPR & CASDR Beijing Launch: China provides valuable lessons in food security and agricultural development

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY LIN GAO Countries must work with and learn from each other to advance progress…

Research spurs increases in milk production, productivity and sale in Ethiopia

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Livestock play a crucial role in national development in Ethiopia, accounting for 40% of agricultura…

A brief explainer of the blue economy

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Indonesia - Carbon-rich coastal ecosystems are rocketing to the forefront of global actions on clima…

Forests and water are inseparable

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

The world is facing a growing water crisis: already, 40% of the world’s population are…

Securing East Africa’s cassava

CGIAR Genebank Platform

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

Biodiversity

IITA is eliminating viruses from cassava germplasm so it can safely be transported from East…

Bhoochetana: An exceptional story of innovation scale-up bringing prosperity to over 4 million farmers

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Environmental health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

In May 2009, farmers in the state of Karnataka were facing declining crop yields and…

Livestock’s potential in Tanzania is ‘huge’—keynote by ILRI’s Iain Wright at the National Livestock Expo

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

ILRI deputy director general Iain Wright gave a keynote speech at Tanzania’s first National Livest…

Forests: The greenest pastures?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security

Ethiopia - How can you keep farms productive for generations while reducing the impact on…

Reassessing the aid-policy-growth relationship: A new approach

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY XIN GENG AND MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ Can foreign aid be effective only if countries have…

Decentralized dairy cooperatives support livelihoods of thousands of women in rural India

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Dairy farming is one of the most important sources of income and nutrition for rural…

Connecting the dots: the role of social science research in agricultural R&D systems