Climate-smart maize
CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS CIMMYT, IITA, MAIZE TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (varieties and breeds) Production systems and management practices Research and communication methodologies and tools Soci
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An index for measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture
CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS A4NH, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, IFPRI, ILRI, PIM TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (varieties and breeds) Production systems and management practices
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G+ tools for gender-responsive breeding
CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CIP, EiB, ICARDA, IITA, RTB TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (varieties and breeds) Production systems and manageme
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Gender transformative approaches
CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research, CGIAR Research Program Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS), FISH, GENDER, GENNOVATE initiative, WorldFish TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (v
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Bioreclamation to secure women’s rights to land
CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS ICRISAT TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (varieties and breeds) Production systems and management practices Research and communication methodologies and tools Social science
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Responding to the effects of COVID-19 on smallholder bean farmers in Kenya and Uganda
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing smallholder farmers’ vulnerabilities. In Kenya and Uganda, the Alliance and its partners are building networks and increasing access to market and information to strengthen farmers’ resilience.
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Illegal forest-zone oil palm in Indonesia
Researchers have identified oil palms growing where they shouldn’t be. Discussions are underway about what to do about them. Oil palm is many things to many people. For example, perhaps most basically, it is considered an agricultural crop even though as a woody perennial it could be called a tree. It is native to African forests not the tropical rainforests
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Structuring climate finance to benefit women and alleviate poverty
Tackling climate change requires large-scale financial investments into adaptation and mitigation activities. Known as “climate finance” under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the idea of mobilizing funds from countries in the global north into local, national or international environmental efforts in the south, is embedded into the U.N. Paris Agreement on climate change. Yet not much research has yet explored the