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New Director General of Bioversity International and Chief Executive Officer Designate of the Alliance between CIAT and Bioversity International
28.11.18Juan Lucas Restrepo has been appointed to the position of Director General of Bioversity Internation…
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Ambitious steps to control climate change may pose food security risks in the near term
27.11.18- Climate
- Environment
- Food Security
The world faces a series of mounting challenges if it is to head off impacts…
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How will the Philippines measure the success of its flagship reforestation program?
27.11.18- Biodiversity
- Climate
The participation of public and private entities is a crucial element in developing a monitoring…
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A new project promises to generate better dietary and health data for agriculture and nutrition interventions in Africa
15.11.18- Health
- Nutrition
Despite significant efforts to address it, malnutrition remains a major impediment to development ar…
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Lessons from Latin America: Using less, earning more
13.11.18- Environment
- Prosperity
Abílio Rodrigues Pacheco is a landowner in the Brazilian state of Goiás who works for…
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Opinion: Big data shows big promise for feeding the world
12.11.18- Big data
- Food Security
Digital innovations are set to transform a global food system in crisis. These innovations, howe…
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Gender mainstreaming in value chain development triggers women’s empowerment in Uganda
15.10.18- Gender
A gender focus introduced in value chain development in Uganda has allowed women and men…
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Ambassador Kenneth Quinn on the challenge of feeding 9 billion people
15.10.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
Booming population growth in the face of climate change is putting undue pressures on the…
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A closer look at gender relations in forest landscape restoration
15.10.18- Environment
- Gender
On this occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, Giulia Micheletti and Marlène Elias…
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Securing the Future of Rice: Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, and IRRI Ink Partnership to Develop Advanced Rice Technologies and Programs
15.10.18- Food Security
- Genomics
SINGAPORE, 15 Oct. 2018 – Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP),…
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From agronomic practices to gender norms and agency in banana disease management
15.10.18- Food Security
- Gender
On the International Day of Rural Women, our researcher François Iradukunda reflects on how a…
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Women’s hidden harvest: the AmaXhosa women and traditional culture survival practices
15.10.18- Environment
- Gender
On the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, Dr. Katie Tavenner takes us on…
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Big data proposal wins 2018 Inspire Challenge
15.10.18- Big data
WorldFish is a winner of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture’s 2018 Inspire…
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How gender shapes responses to climate change: New tools for measuring rural women’s empowerment
15.10.18- Climate
- Food Security
- Gender
BY SOPHIE THEIS AND ELENA MARTINEZ This year’s International Day of Rural Women (Oct. 15) focu…
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IRRI partners with Singapore and UN’s FAO to address world hunger and malnutrition
15.10.18- Food Security
(SINGAPORE, 15 October 2018) – At the opening ceremonies of the world’s largest scientific confe…
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Securing rights of indigenous peoples and local communities may curb global warming
15.10.18Implementing a coordinated global response to curb demand for energy and eliminate further deforesta…
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Lessons from an early adopter of sorghum technologies in Kitui, Eastern Kenya
15.10.18- Gender
- Genomics
As a gender researcher working in dryland agricultural research, one of the outcomes we strive…
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New Study: Domestic Migration Raises Incomes, Lowers Happiness
14.10.18- Health
- Prosperity
Washington DC: Domestic migrants experience a substantial decline in mental and physical health, des…
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Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary: Data is ‘key’ to smart farming
12.10.18- Big data
- Food Security
Addressing hundreds of participants at the 2018 Global CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture…
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The feminizing face of wheat farming in South Asia
12.10.18- Food Security
- Gender
In wheat systems throughout South Asia, the gender myth that “wheat is a man’s crop”…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Matthew Rouse discusses research on wheat diseases
12.10.18- Climate
- Food Security
This week the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) launched a new podcast: Cobs…
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Competitive outsourcing to private contractors can improve public service delivery
12.10.18- Prosperity
BY JORDAN KYLE Delivering public services effectively is essential for development. Yet governments …
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International Day of Rural Women
12.10.18- Gender
- Prosperity
Groundwater is notoriously difficult to manage. One cannot easily see how much is available, who…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
11.10.18- Big data
- Biodiversity
- Climate
- Environment
- Food Security
- Gender
- Prosperity
AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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