Tash Kent, Uzbekistan, June 2022: This week sees major advances for agricultural research-for-development (R4D) in Uzbekistan with the launch of the partner-led CGIAR From Fragility to Resilience (F2R) in Central and West Asia, and North Africa Initiative. The F2R-CWANA Initiative is one of CGIAR’s new global portfolio of 33 initiatives developed by CGIAR and its partners, to deliver more relevant,
Cairo, Egypt – June 2022: This week sees significant advances in agricultural research-for-development (R4D) in Egypt, with the upcoming Egypt and Sudan Inception Workshop of the CGIAR Initiative From Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia, and North Africa (F2R-CWANA). F2R-CWANA is one of CGIAR’s new global portfolio of 33 initiatives developed by CGIAR and its partners to deliver
Cairo, June 27th, 2022: A day-long workshop will take place to introduce the CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) 2030 Initiative to key stakeholders in Central, West Asia, and North Africa (CWANA). The workshop aims to discuss how the Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) 2030 initiative can support governmental and private sector stakeholders, regional and international donors and other research institutions who are
Egyptian partners and stakeholders will join CGIAR and ICARDA in Cairo, Egypt on the 28th of June 2022 to provide their input and to further refine CGIAR’s Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Platform-IDFIP’s technical mandate through reviewing a concept note developed by CGIAR’s agricultural experts. This serves as another step in creating a regional Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Platform and to
Beirut, Lebanon – July 2022: The inception meeting of the CGIAR Initiative From Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia, and North Africa (F2R-CWANA) – Lebanon and Syria will take place to showcase CGIAR’s significant advances in agricultural research-for-development (R4D) and plans for this region. F2R-CWANA is one of CGIAR’s new global portfolio of 33 initiatives developed by CGIAR and its partners
In the Global South, livestock has strong empowerment potential for millions of women by providing protein-rich food for home consumption and sale, strengthening their role as stakeholders. However, in many rural communities, gender norms shape how household members manage and share livestock and their benefits, often in ways that disadvantage women and girls. For example, women graze small livestock species,
ICARDA is grateful to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and to the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock (Livestock CRP) for funding this research. ICARDA would also like to recognize its partners the Institution de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles (IRESA), the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) de Tunisie, the Agence de la
CGIAR’s Science Team for the Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) Initiative in Central, West Asia, and North Africa (CWANA) recently held a kickoff meeting to introduce the Initiative to critical stakeholders in the region. Smallholder farming represents over 80% of the world’s farms, mostly located in the Global South, and supplies 50% of global food. Yet such farmers typically achieve low