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New project aims to improve food and nutrition security for 120,000 households in West and Central Africa
03.08.20Photo: Screenshot of the launch meeting via videoconference Photo: M Magassa, ICRISAT A recently lau…
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CGIAR Performance Report 2019 now available online
31.07.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
An online report detailing research-to-impact results in 2019 across the CGIAR System is now availab…
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Investments in agricultural development: quantifying the socio-political and climate-change risks
29.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Scientists have created a computer model that can estimate risks for agricultural development projec…
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Policy options to improve access to quality seed in Vietnam
22.07.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new paper examines Vietnam’s regulatory regime surrounding planting material of vegetatively pro…
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Making food system value chains inclusive for smallholders and rural people
22.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
By Rob Vos and Khiem Nguyen Rapid urbanization and income growth are driving shifts in…
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ICARDA, CGIAR & COVID-19 - Building Back Better
20.07.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
With our experience rebuilding agricultural infrastructure in post-crises environments in Afghanista…
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Agrobiodiversity essential to sustainable food systems for the future
25.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new book from MIT Press proposes and develops an expanded concept of agrobiodiversity, which,…
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‘Forget tree planting, start tree growing’
22.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
It’s 2019, the world is changing at a rapid pace, why agroforestry? With the changes…
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The missing middle: how enabling environments will translate global commitments into local action
21.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Delegates at Global Soil Week 2019 push for effective land governance, local governance structures, …
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Zoom in on Borneo ecology
20.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Indonesia - The forests of Borneo are some of the most ecologically diverse in the…
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Mass movement and the ‘femininization’ of agriculture
18.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
In the vernacular of climate change, the term ‘climate justice’ is nowadays rolling off tongues…
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From Jamaica to Togo to Vanuatu, agroforestry to help countries prevent climate breakdown
17.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In May, delegates from as far away as Papua New Guinea braved visa hurdles and…
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Value unchained: putting money into the hands that grow our food
14.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agroforestry, which integrates trees and forest elements into agricultural landscapes, is currently …
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To save biodiversity and feed the future, first cure “plant blindness”
13.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
From the urban jungle – even the leafier parts of suburbia – we often have…
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Where — and why — is agroforestry hiding?
12.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Agroforestry, a land-management system that couples the growth of trees and shrubs with crops and…
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Africa’s Animal Genetic Resources – The Wealth Within
12.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
Today, more than a hundred key partners in African livestock development, including African minister…
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New Index outlines agrobiodiversity’s role in food system sustainability
11.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The Agrobiodiversity Index is an innovative tool to calculate how well countries are conserving a…
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Seed Sorting: From Harvest to Genebank
11.06.19-
Biodiversity
An automatic seed sorter is now making the task of sorting seeds more efficient at…
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Ghetto chimps, 4 billion trees for Ethiopia, while Amazon deforestation accelerates…fast!
10.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
In Forests News last week: Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa? Agriculture…
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Farmers in Tanzania urged to embrace drought tolerant crops
07.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Against the backdrop of changing climatic conditions in Africa, scientists, administrators and seed …
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New book: Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions in India
05.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
A new book, Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions in India, was lau…
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Biodiversity’s freshwater connection
03.06.19-
Biodiversity
A key role for sustainable water management in curbing species extinction.…
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Why Apple is investing in Colombia’s mangroves
26.05.19-
Biodiversity
It’s easy to get lost in the narrow channels of a mangrove forest. On either…
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Reversing ‘dangerous decline’ of nature requires global initiatives to engage both men and women
24.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Our planet is in the midst of an ecological emergency, according to several recent reports. Deter…
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