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Written by Nina de Ayala Parker  Photo credit: Marco Verch Snaking through six countries in Southeast Asia, the Mekong Delta is one of the longest rivers in the world. The link between climate and conflicts in the Southeast Asian deltas is channelled through water and food insecurity, where climate change is acting as a threat multiplier. This is particularly true in the Mekong Delta, where adverse climate events such as droughts intensify concerns over water

Between 1995-2015, nearly 60% of all maize varieties released in 18 African countries were CGIAR-related. At the end of this period, in 2015, almost half of the maize area in these countries grew CGIAR-related maize varieties. All that was accomplished through modest, maximum yearly investment of about $30 million, which showed high returns: in 2015, the aggregate yearly economic benefits

Upscaling Climate Smart and Nutrition Sensitive Beans and Finger Millet in Uganda

Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed production enterprises in Tanzania. Recently we supported the efforts of the seed company Mbozi Highlands (MHEG), to enhance the production, promotion, marketing and adoption of new high-yielding varieties of groundnut and sorghum in the country. This was by designing and developing training manuals to train

EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain producers, agro dealers and processors in Mali were reached through radio and TV messaging during 2020. This complemented 145 demonstrations of new varieties of sorghum, pearl millet, groundnut and cowpea for 3,300 producers. Even during times of a pandemic, assistance to farmers must continue, as

As part of its commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace, on International Women’s Day (8 March), CGIAR launched its Panel Pledge. What is the Panel Pledge? The Panel Pledge is a global drive to improve the representation of women and other under-represented groups on scientific and policy panels. The pledge is a tangible way to increase accountability and

Future Seeds is the Latin American hub of international initiative to mobilize crop diversity conserved in genebanks using a suite of cutting-edge technologies.

Written by Nina de Ayala Parker. The Ganges Delta – like deep-set veins seeping through the land from the sea, densely populated, with an economy reliant on farming – is incredibly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.  How does climate change disproportionately impact women and minorities in Bangladesh? And what are the sustainable solutions?    How can research bridge the gaps between climate security science and the