The world is far off track to reach Zero Hunger by 2030. Against the backdrop of the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflict in flash points around the world, hunger is on the rise. Between 691 and 783 million people in the world went hungry in 2022 – about 122 million more people than pre-pandemic levels
Land degradation is a serious problem with tremendous consequences on livelihoods and economic growth. Ethiopia is one of the counties affected by land degradation and its associated impacts. Integrated landscape restoration and sustainable land management practices are thus crucial to tackle the problem of land degradation. As a result, landscape restoration has become a component of nature-based solutions, in which
Ethiopia is making great strides in of its effort to digitalize its major sectors in the country and transition towards a digital economy. In this regard, a Digital Strategy 2025 is set to transform the country’s national economy through four major sectoral pathways including agriculture, manufacturing, IT-enabled services, and tourism. Particularly, the recent effort in the development of the “National
Despite being the second-largest wheat producer in Africa, wheat production is an important source of income and food security for farmers in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the country heavily relies on imports for more than half of its wheat consumption. However, the effort to produce wheat mainly follows an industrial agriculture approach which is characterized by intensive external input uses. Consequently, it
On November 28th- 30th in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, EXPOSENA 2023, an esteemed international event, unfolded, drawing collaboration from Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico. This gathering fosters academic, scientific, and cultural exchanges while spotlighting the invaluable role of knowledge acquisition within formative, applied, and technological research projects. These endeavors stand pivotal in realizing the tangible value pledged by the Industrial
Este trabajo fue creado en el marco del proyecto SLUS centrado en impulsar sistemas sostenibles de uso del suelo, y como parte de la Iniciativa AgriLAC Resiliente del CGIAR. Las estudiantes Isabella Muñoz Gómez y Nilly Zharick Ruiz Cano, bajo la guía de la profesora Ángela Gil Rodríguez de la universidad ICESI, identificaron oportunidades de exportación de una marca de
CGIAR is the world’s largest publicly funded research partnership for agriculture and food security and has played a critical role in global agricultural development for more than five decades. Thanks to innovations developed by CGIAR scientists and researchers, we have seen improved livelihoods for millions of smallholder farmers, with more robust food security for many communities in developing countries. An
Now ask yourself: of these people, who will be able to receive and read a text alert about flooding about to hit their area? If there is a prolonged drought impacting agriculture, whose livelihood and food security will be negatively impacted? What if a hydropower dam is going to be built upstream from the community in an area used by