By Elena García Conejero and Marco Nilgen While our planned research in Colombia aims to contribute to a more thorough understanding of the dynamics within citizens’ juries, a key component at the foundation of our project is, of course, to understand the country’s history of implementing bottom-up public participation processes, particularly in the context of food-system policies. In the wake
By Marco Nilgen, Lena Untermayer and Björn Vollan Within the framework of the CGIAR Research Initiative on “Low-Emission Food Systems” (also known as Mitigate+), our research group is currently working on the implementation of a joint research project with representatives from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, the Alliance of Bioversity International and the
By Marco Nilgen and Björn Vollan While the last blog post provided a brief introduction to the citizens’ jury (CJ) method and its potential in the Global South, today’s post takes you further along our planned research proceedings within the context of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+). More specifically, it will go into more detail on
By Marco Nilgen One of our research project’s main objectives is to unlock the transformative potential of Citizens’ Juries (CJs) on our journey to more sustainable food systems. On the individual and group level, i.e., among the participants of the juries themselves, this is supposed to be achieved through the facilitation of a creative and integrated decision-making process with a
By Marco Nilgen In March 2024, a series of pivotal meetings convened in Bogotá, Colombia, aimed at continuing the organization of citizens’ juries on food system issues in the Amazon frontier region of Caqueta under the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+). These gatherings and workshops, taking place during the third and fourth weeks of the month, brought
By Hanna Ewell To advance CGIAR’s efforts to transform food systems in a responsible way, a two-day workshop was held 21–22 March 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was triggered by interest from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to integrate “responsible innovation and scaling” into the “Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness” (IPSR) approach developed by CGIAR. The workshop
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Lusaka, April 19, 2024: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and CGIAR, have renewed their partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), to strengthen food and nutrition security in Zambia as the country grapples with
By Giriraj Amarnath and Martina Mascarenhas, CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) As the climate crisis gathers momentum and puts greater pressure on low- and middle-income countries, nations must learn and adapt. Countries must develop evidence-based, cross-sectoral adaptation plans and policies – including those required to fulfill the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process of the United Nations Framework Convention