Global thought leader, philanthropist and one of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and CGIAR’s most vocal and generous supporters, Bill Gates, wrote a book about climate change and is now taking it around the world on a virtual book tour to share a message of urgency and hope. With How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Gates sets
Nephew of a dairy entrepreneur near Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). JIMMY SMITH, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), made a slide presentation at a half-day webinar on ‘The place of science in the COVID-19 story’, held on 18 Dec 2020. The webinar brought together leaders of research organizations in the health, agriculture, livestock, public sector,
This blogpost highlights 2020 research outputs of the WorldFish gender theme as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH). Here, we focus on research examining gender within small-scale fisheries, in particular how social principles emerge and travel, inclusion in biodiversity conservation, and the tracking of gender-sensitive facilitation techniques. Enabling the spread of gender equity The Sustainable
Harnessing aquatic foods through the sustainable growth of aquaculture deserves more attention in responding to the global call to transform food systems toward more nutritious and resilient diets for all, said experts in a recent panel discussion hosted by WorldFish and the Global Panel of Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (GLOPAN). As the world faces the enormous challenge of producing
This blogpost highlights 2020 research outputs of the gender research theme of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems led by WorldFish. Here, we focus on gender research relating to ocean governance, research design during COVID-19, value chain constraints, and the political economy of aquatic food systems. Equitable ocean governance Oceans are important to everyone, yet access to ocean resources is
How can increased access to, and use of, high-quality seed translate into enhanced nutrition and income security for ethnic minority communities? A new research project in Vietnam’s Northern highlands aims to answer that question.
BY ELISABETTA AURINO, AULO GELLI, CLEMENT ADAMBA, ISAAC OSEI-AKOTO, HAROLD ALDERMAN AND HONOR DEARLOVE Around the world, 388 million children participate in school meal programs, according to the World Food Programme. In Africa, governments have prioritized these programs as a key safety net; in 2016, the annual Africa Day of School Feeding (March 1) was launched to promote them across the continent.
Lawrence Haddad shares his thoughts inspired by the recent CGIAR-supported paper on persistent myths about African food supply chains. by Lawrence Haddad (Executive Director, GAIN) I love academic papers that use evidence to try and shift stubborn policy perspectives, especially when those policy perspectives seem to be holding back development and hunger reduction. So, it is no surprise that I