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

21.05.18

Viet Nam steps up efforts to put smallholders’ forest communities at the forefront of its…

Do men and women benefit equally from technology adoption? New paper explores

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

Gender equality

Researchers have sought to understand what keeps women’s observed rates of agricultural technology…

Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award

Food security
Nutrition

The Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative has announced that the ‘Excellence and Innovatio…

How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Biodiversity
Environmental health

Worldwide, areas suitable for cocoa production are predicted to shrink by up to 20-30% over…

Helping Vietnam transform its rice sector through sustainable rice production practices

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

IRRI works with key partners in boosting Vietnam’s rice industry through the “Vietnam Sustainabl…

In ecotourism, trotting the globe to help protect it

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

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

On the edge of Sumatra’s Leuser National Park, Tanganan village offers days spent hiking to…

Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Health

Effective value chains can increase the presence of a crop in markets and enable farmers…

Breaking Ground: Lorena Gonzalez fast-forwards action on hunger using technology

Big data
Food security

Intrigued by the unique relationship food crops have to their geographical environment, Lorena Gonza…

Banning charcoal isn’t the way to go. Kenya should make it sustainable

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

A woman sells charcoal in Nairobi, Kenya. Flickr/Laura Rantanen By Mary Njenga, World Agroforestry C…

Ebola returns in area scientists predicted ‘highly favorable’ for outbreak

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

Health

Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic virus that can kill up to 90 percent of those it…

International conference intensifying food systems and health: Emphasis on antimicrobial use in agricultural systems

South-South collaboration in tackling antimicrobial resistance in Asia

Health

Agriculture and health experts from five southern Asian countries have pledged to work together to…

Uganda will use trees on farms to meet national biodiversity targets

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

Biodiversity
Environmental health

Trees on farms in Uganda are the focus of a new strategy aimed at increasing…

Scientists meet to tackle challenges facing root, tuber and banana seed systems

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Have you ever wondered what the potatoes, cassava, bananas and sweetpotatoes you eat are grown…

CIMMYT Board of Trustees: Out of the Boardroom and into the field

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)’s Board of Trustees visits the Cente…

2018 GFPR Rome launch: How open trade impacts global nutrition