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Addressing Inflation Requires Global Food Systems Transformation
20.09.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With food prices playing such a significant role in inflation, particularly in the Global South,…
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Galvanizing Food Systems Transformation in South Asia
12.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
New Initiative builds on CGIAR’s collective strengths and brings together stakeholders to address …
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Africa Must Fast-track Adoption of Proven and Sustainable Solutions to Survive Food Crisis
05.09.22The repercussions of the global food crisis, coupled with a protracted drought and a challenging…
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CGIAR Scientist Receives the 2022 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
01.09.22Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj explains how CGIAR helped him to develop the ground-breaking work which le…
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Namukolo Covic Appointed Regional Director, East & Southern Africa, Amid Boost to Regional Leadership
24.08.22Dr. Namukolo Covic, ILRI Director General’s representative to Ethiopia and CGIAR Country Convenor,…
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CGIAR Annual Performance Report 2021 Now Available Online
29.07.22In 2021, CGIAR celebrated its 50th year of delivering critical science and innovations to address…
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Announcing a new name for the CGIAR Advisory Services Shared Secretariat
31.08.22Following consultations with stakeholders, the CGIAR Advisory Services (CAS) Shared Secretariat has …
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Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj of HarvestPlus to Receive the 2022 Normal Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
30.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj, Senior Scientist for C…
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Penang Chief Minister applauds WorldFish on successful IIFET 2024 bid
30.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow congratulated WorldFish for winning the bid to host the…
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Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj of HarvestPlus to Receive the 2022 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
30.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj, Senior Scientist for C…
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Reviewed: How do quality seed systems impact food and nutrition security?
30.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition
In food system and nutrition research, only a handful of studies fully document how seed…
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Nepal releases seven new and improved rice varieties to increase domestic rice production
30.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The National Seed Board of Nepal has approved the release of seven new rice varieties…
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Cereal seed systems
29.08.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
For certified seed to reach a farmer’s field for cultivation, it passes through many hands…
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Strengthening National and Regional Capacity for Climate Risk Assesment in the Western Agro-Ecological Zone of Rwanda
29.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
Through the Integrating Weather and Climate analytics into Agricultural Risk Management or simply Cl…
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Study finds that agricultural diversity has a positive impact on food security
26.08.22Agricultural diversity can be an important driver of food security, but the magnitude of the…
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IITA wins second place at the national farmers’ exhibitions award in Tanzania
26.08.22IITA came second in the Institute of Agricultural Research exhibitions awards during the 2022 Natio…
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Africa House and IITA training highlights potential in agro-commodities export
26.08.22Following the recently signed MoU between IITA and Africa House, both parties conducted a one-day …
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Drabo Forest Reserve: A haven for birds and biodiversity conservation
26.08.22The Drabo Forest Reserve (DFR), one of the remaining patches of secondary rainforests in Benin…
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Hybrid extension approach promotes adoption of high-quality forages in Uganda
26.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
According to the Uganda Dairy Development Authority, annual milk production in the country increased…
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Ginkgo Bioworks to Join Innovators from CGIAR and Beyond for a Seminar on Scaling Innovations in Cell Engineering and Biosecurity on 9 September
26.08.22-
Big data
On 9 September at 15:00 CEST, attend the Venture-Out Event: Bridging Science and Entrepreneurship in…
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Clim-ARM: Integrating weather and climate analytics into agricultural risk management in Ethiopia
26.08.22-
Adaptation
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Mitigation
Natural resource management and climate change impact are of high priority in agricultural developme…
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Building a sustainable food future through science and innovation: The Alliance at the Meeting di Rimini 2022
26.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Partners of the International Pavilion celebrated food and its centrality to human and planet health…
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Call for cases: Integrating gender into breeding objectives and decisions - what works, where and why?
25.08.22-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Do you know of a plant breeding effort that is trying to have more gender…
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Text reminders encourage more women to seek family planning services: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Mozambique
24.08.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Health
BY JESSICA LEIGHT AND KYLE PICO Modern contraception and family planning have substantial health be…
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