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In food system and nutrition research, only a handful of studies fully document how seed system interventions are affecting diets and nutrition status in developing countries. A recent review highlighted opportunities for increased nutrition impact through sustainable seed system interventions. Food and nutrition security is a key development indicator for children’s health. However, decades of global efforts to combat hunger

The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj, Senior Scientist for Crop Development at HarvestPlus and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, will receive the 2022 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, which is endowed by The Rockefeller Foundation. World Food Prize Foundation Senior Director Keegan Kautzky made the announcement during the National

Through the Integrating Weather and Climate analytics into Agricultural Risk Management or simply Clim-ARM project, led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), stakeholders in the agricultural value chain at national and regional level are being capacitated in climate risk assessment in order to build their ability to conduct

Partners of the International Pavilion celebrated food and its centrality to human and planet health. On the heels of the 43rd edition of the Meeting di Rimini 2022, the Alliance/CGIAR reflects on the key outcomes of the four-day event, taking place on 20-25 August. The Meeting di Rimini is an annual international summer festival, gathering multi-stakeholder actors for change including

Natural resource management and climate change impact are of high priority in agricultural development. Agriculture is Ethiopia’s most significant component of its economy. It employs most of the population, mainly in subsistence and rain-fed farming and livestock production, thus accounting for more than half of the country’s GDP. Of the population employed by agriculture, a large majority are smallholder farmers

On 9 September at 15:00 CEST, attend the Venture-Out Event: Bridging Science and Entrepreneurship in Cell Engineering and Biosecurity with Ginkgo Bioworks to learn from and connect with Ginkgo, expert moderator Dr. Arshnee Moodley (ILRI/CGIAR), CGIAR scientists, and other innovators on topics of scaling innovation and to explore synergies for collaboration. The need for agri-food technologies to provide solutions for

Agricultural diversity can be an important driver of food security, but the magnitude of the contribution depends on the broader socio-economic and biophysical characteristics of the local farming system. A new paper, “The benefits and trade-offs of agricultural diversity for food security in low- and middle-income countries: A review of existing knowledge and evidence” published in the journal Global Food

A recent study published in People and Nature focuses on how land use approaches impact human wellbeing. Read our conversation with two of the leading authors, Rachel Carmenta (University of East Anglia) and Natalia Estrada Carmona (Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT): Q: Before we get into the details of the research, can you explain the terms “Land sparing” vs. “Land sharing”, and how