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Farmers as part of the TAFSSA training, getting hand-on practice at making quality livestock fodder. Photo credit: Saiful Islam Introduction CGIAR’s Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) initiative is working to integrate evidence with practical solutions to address concerns of water scarcity and fodder shortage in the Barind areas of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts, Bangladesh. Adopting silage and

Worldwide, one in three people is affected by malnutrition. Hundreds of millions of people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity is on the rise almost everywhere. In low- and middle-income countries, poor diets are a major driver of malnutrition and the rising burden of noncommunicable diseases. In most places, fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is far below the

The current state of the global food system is unsustainable for both people and the planet—a quarter of the global population lacks safe and nutritious food, with poor diets accounting for 11 million adult deaths each year, and food production threatens planetary boundaries. In the May 2023 edition of One Earth, the Voices section explores the critical barriers that must

The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (the Alliance) in collaboration with the Wageningen Center for Development Innovation (WCDI) from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) met with local partners in Viet Nam from July 11 to July 13, 2023, to design a new training of trainers (ToT) program. In the meeting, participants identified how the program can build a common understanding

More than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is well known that COVID led to severe losses in income. But how did the pandemic’s economic shocks affect diets and nutrition? Were social protection interventions sufficient to limit harmful impacts? In a recent journal article in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, researchers Olivier Ecker and Andrew Comstock

The CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) is participating in the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference. The conference is taking place online and at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, October 16 to 20, 2023, with a thematic focus on Nutrition for Resilience. The conference intends to elevate and strengthen scientific understanding and policy dialogues

The CGIAR Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) initiative has been working intensively to improve the lives of local farmers in collaboration with stakeholders like Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (JEEViKA) and the Department of Agriculture, Bihar. Farmer Field Days, which were held in the villages of Birjumilki, Kairi, Meyar and Porei from February 20 to 30, 2023 offered

Surveys are a key way that social scientists gather data on living standards. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, surveys in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were usually done in person. But in many places, the pandemic prevented travel and in-person work, forcing researchers to use phone surveys to monitor living standards instead. During the pandemic, these phone surveys helped researchers, practitioners,