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

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

One challenge with social forestry is that its inner-workings aren’t always understood – often a…

Clean seed systems for roots, tubers and bananas: What can Tanzania learn from the US?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Kwame Ogero of the International Potato Center takes an in-depth look at the National Clean…

Could a U.S. – China trade war lead to a new wave of land grabs?

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY CARIN SMALLER AND DAVID LABORDE A trade war is looming between the United States and…

Art underlines the precious value of poultry genetic research

Biodiversity

Art combines with science to bring the message of the capacity of the new Incubated…

Justice glitches and technical fixes in conservation projects

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

07.05.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation

In the last decade, ambitious global initiatives have been launched to address climate change and…

Join us in supporting TNC regional strategy in Latin America

07.05.18

We invite you to join the Nature Conservancy in an unprecedented effort to collectively map…

Low carbon rice in Latin America: What does it take to make this happen?

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

07.05.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Study explores how to cut emissions from one of the region’s most popular crops while…

Taking stock of carbon in mangroves

06.05.18

Environmental health

As scientists are increasingly exploring the high carbon stocks contained in mangroves, tidal marshe…

Responsible investment to combat land degradation emerges from Dragons’ Den

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

06.05.18

Environmental health

Restoring degraded land could inject $84 billion a year to the global economy, according to…

Gender research in PIM: rural transformation, productivity, and women’s empowerment

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Gender equality

In this video, Cheryl Doss, leader of our “Cross-cutting Gender Research and Coordination” flags…

Disentangling natural resource management impacts – one evaluation at a time

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Environmental health
Food security

BY DAVID J. SPIELMAN, KWAW ANDAM AND SIMRIN MAKHIJA Last week was a tough one for our…

CORIGAP-PRO partners map out outscaling strategies for impact

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

IRRI, through the Closing Rice Yield Gaps Project (CORIGAP-PRO), has been working with partners to…

WaterPartnership.org.au: AWP and IWMI to collaborate on water management across the Asia-Pacific

Environmental health

Strengthening DFAT and AWP’s partnership with IWMI provides the opportunity for working more close…

INTERVIEW: Prioritize smallholder cultivation of oil palm in Indonesia, urges researcher Tania Li

CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

Environmental health

Where large-scale agricultural production occurs, conflicts may arise over land rights, the distribu…

Blockchain and the future of agricultural markets

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Big data
Food security

Blockchain enthusiasts in agricultural and related industries are investigating its use in ensuring …

Moving ‘impact’ beyond a buzzword in international development

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security

In the arena of international development, impact is the name of the game. Researchers, practitioner…

Fourth international workshop on farming system design in south Asia

International Potato Center (CIP)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

The fourth international workshop on “Science of Farming Systems: Moving from Prototyping to Model…

President Uhuru Kenyatta learns about apical cuttings and how they complement the potato seed system from CIP scientist Monica Parker.

Accelerating potato and sweetpotato value chains with innovations in Kenya