Two years ago, selected schools in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana, discovered a powerful truth: waste is not waste when we rethink its value. In 2023, the Resource Recovery & Reuse (RRR) Schools & Youth Program introduced waste segregation lessons in these schools.
Authors: Shahab Khalid, Adam Savelli, Alessandra Vaselli, Ashleigh Basel, Jonathan Tsoka, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Header image: Flood affected area in Multan, Pakistan. Photo by Thomas Koch/Shutterstock When floodwaters rise, resilience depends on more than rescue boats. It depends on the strength of communities, the endurance of infrastructure, and the capacity of systems that can absorb and recover
Increasing the adoption of “clean” cookstoves among displaced populations has long been a goal of the humanitarian sector. Clean cookstoves run on environmentally and climate friendly sources of fuel such as solar, LPG, or electricity, while traditional cookstoves use firewood or charcoal.
This is part 1 of our building food, water and climate security in fragile and conflict setting series. In displacement settings, something as ordinary as cooking is an extraordinarily complicated matter. Refugees often rely on firewood or charcoal, exposing them to health risks, environmental degradation, and even violence. For these reasons, increasing the adoption of “clean” cookstoves among displaced populations
The narrow alleys of Jerash Camp in Jordan. Photo: Maha Al-Zu’bi/IWMI By Maha Al-Zu’bi On a scorching August afternoon, children from the Jerash refugee camp in Jordan weave through narrow alleys, stirring clouds of dust that trap the sun’s heat. Walls radiate warmth long after sunset, and the small, compact housing units make summers even hotter and winters more prone to
Participants Engaged in Hands-On Learning of Grafting Techniques/Photo- International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) On August 5, 2025, the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Program and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), in partnership with the Quezon City Local Government Unit and the Institute of Plant Breeding of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, conducted a Perennial
FLEX shares critical knowledge on climate resilience from conflict-affected settings and offers a space for learning, collaboration and collective action for the benefit of fragile communities. Author: Isis Palay In the world’s most fragile settings, climate extremes, conflict, displacement and weak governance are colliding to create compound crises. These crises are eroding livelihoods, intensifying food and water insecurity and straining
A group of crop and food storage facilities in the west of Omdurman, Sudan, burn after being looted and set aflame in June 2023. Photo Credit: Getty Images IFPRI Blog Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned