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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Crop diversity is often overlooked in climate discussions, yet it's crucial to adaptation: we need…
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Merging High-tech and Ancient Water Management Systems for Global Food Security
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Today, we face a myriad of water-related challenges, ranging from water scarcity and drought (due…
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Cherishing crop diversity in a sea of sugarcane: inauguration of Uganda’s newest community seed bank
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Smallholder farmers here are largely immigrants from the West Nile region of Uganda who came…
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Transforming with Flavor: Cacao in Colombia, an ancestral symbol of peace
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)15.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cacao - which has been a symbol of abundance since pre-Columbian civilizations - has found…
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Dala Rieko: Transforming Siaya County's Agriculture Scene with Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovations
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)14.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Dala Rieko: Nurturing Resilience in the Face of Climate Change Dala Rieko was born out…
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The Region of Opportunities: Sustainable Finance in Africa
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.09.23By: Godefroy Grosjean Last week, more than 3,000 delegates, including several African presidents, mi…
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Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
According to the study just published in Nature Communications, additional climate and biodiversity …
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Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) Wins Africa Food Prize 2023
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
PABRA was chosen from a field of 496 nominees from 47 countries by a preeminent…
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Business Acceleration for Youth Project Awards 100 Grants to Youth Entrepreneurs
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Business Acceleration for Youth project implemented by Alliance of Bioversity International and …
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Concentric by Ginkgo and CGIAR International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) announce collaboration on pathogen surveillance
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)07.09.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
BOSTON and NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), whic…
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Empowering Kenyan Counties to Unlock Climate Finance: A Capacity Building Approach
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The ability to undertake inclusive and participatory investment planning to access climate finance f…
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A win for beans, a win for Africa
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
On Thursday September 7th at the 13thAGRF Africa Food Systems Summit in Dar es Salaam,…
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Stimulating Demand for Safer Foods in Informal Grain Markets
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)31.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The disease burden and economic losses associated with food safety standard failures are much higher…
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Winter is coming: How to sustainably feed livestock in Northwestern Vietnam
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)31.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam, livestock such as cattle and buffalo often graze on…
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StartLife and CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) sign a Memorandum of Understanding
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wageningen, the Netherlands and Rome, Italy 30 August 2023 StartLife and CGIAR Accelerate f…
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Human-centered design to bring open agricultural content to farmers
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.08.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Sprout is a digital platform that makes content available on a range of agricultural topics,…
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Decoding sustainable development pathways of Ethiopia: Key takeaways from the 2023 FABLE Ethiopia workshop
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.08.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
The recent Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) workshop, held from 31st Ju…
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Getting ahead of the curve on gender: asking different questions
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.08.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Closing the gender gap in agriculture by empowering women farmers has the potential to raise the…
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