Introduction A recent field visit to the Duko and Tindan villages of Savulgu District in Northern Ghana aimed to gather baseline data to support the development of an optimizing tool that can help smallholder farmers optimize their mixed farming systems for sustainable intensification. Smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana face a variety of challenges, including climate variability, low crop productivity, and
With hundreds of thousands smallholder farmers reached towards climate service-informed decision making,Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) honored the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT its Certificate of Merit for developing and disseminating Agro-Climatic Bulletins (ACBs) across the 13 provinces in the Mekong River Delta. “ACBs contribute to the success of production direction at all levels from central
Pastoralist communities in Ethiopia have long suffered from climate-induced shocks and stressors, leading to significant livestock losses which in turn cause food insecurity, severe disruptions to livelihoods, and human displacement as people search for sources of food and water. To support local communities to overcome these challenges, timely and reliable information is essential. However, the lack of access to comprehensive
Since 2017, Elizabeth has led the CGIAR Ontology Community of Practice and chaired the CGIAR Task Group for AGROVOC, strengthening CGIAR’s contribution to these programs and supporting the consolidation of the semantic landscape for labeling data in agriculture and food systems. The importance of AGRIS for global agricultural research Q: Do you think it is crucial for agricultural research institutions
It was nearly midday when we reached the summit, but the sun had not yet touched the observation deck. The sea of green stretching across 3,700 hectares of the Higaonon tribe’s ancestral land in the Philippines’ Northern Mindanao region offered calm and quiet—until a short squeaky ngeek-ngeek echoed through the vast landscape. The all-black female Mindanao hornbill (Penelopides affinis), just
Food insecurity is on the rise worldwide, with 345 million people in 82 countries suffering acute food insecurity in 2022; making it more important than even to test and roll-out new crop varieties adapted to changing local conditions and in keeping with local needs and capabilities. But it wasn’t always so easy to get farmers and agricultural researchers on the
For over a decade, farmers across the world have been working hand-in-hand with researchers at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and their collaborators to develop a better way to test new crop varieties and improve food security in their communities. Food insecurity is on the rise worldwide, with 345 million people in 82 countries suffering acute food insecurity
In the lush forests in Mindanao, a diverse population of flora and fauna coexist in harmony. This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, meet Datu Ramil of the Higaonon tribe who acts as custodian of their ancestral lands and is undeterred in pushing for the protection and conservation of their last stronghold. It was nearly midday when we reached the summit, but the