By Rachel Kibui, NATURE+ Special thanks to Dr. Rui Benfica, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Dr. Kristin Davis, Senior Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, IFPRI The mention of food costs brings to mind the prices consumers pay, along with expenses producers have for seeds, labor, transport, and others. However, the true cost of food extends beyond these visible
Amchur, a spice made from unripe mangos, has high potential to increase incomes for tribal farmers who conserve a rare mango tree on their land. CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative, partners and farmers are collaborating on new market strategies. By: Eleonora De Falcis, Scientist I, Bioversity for Food and Agriculture Lever, Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT; Utkarsh Ghate, Thematic Expert (Ecology),
(Top photo: Some of Vigulu, Kenya’s farmers participating in NATURE+ (L-R): Elizabeth Anyoso, Nicholas Adalo, Jackline Imali, Sammy Ambasa and Elizabeth Omusiele.) Farmers in a Western Kenyan village are dedicating their land, time and knowledge to restore land productivity with local biodiversity. Why are they positive about nature-based solutions? By Sean Mattson, NATURE+ & The Alliance of Bioversity International and
Authors: Craig E. Murazhi, Dorcas Matangi, and Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo. (CIMMYT) The Zimbabwe Team of the Agroecology Initiative participated in the Share Fair event of the CGIAR initiative Ukama Ustawi (UU), which was held in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, and brought together farmers, the private sector, and researchers from seven countries (Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya, and Ethiopia). The
Monsoons are a mixed blessing for rain-dependent farmers in remote mountain villages: the deluges bring fields to life but also exacerbate degraded landscapes hammered by climate change. But implementing nature-positive agriculture, which can begin with overlooked local resources, can transform livelihoods and landscapes. Farmers in a village in western India are setting examples to follow on World Environment Day. By:
Women in Kenya collaborating with CGIAR to implement agroecology and nature-positive agriculture practices are increasing agrobiodiversity, restoring landscapes and – crucially – setting examples of how women can improve their families’ health and biodiversity-based incomes. By Rachel Kibui with special thanks to Dr. Carlo Fadda and Dr. Gloria Otieno, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT The villages in Nyando, Kenya,
The way humans produce, distribute and consume food is unsustainable: food systems drain resources, wreck the natural environment, fail to properly nourish billions of people, and leave hundreds of millions not knowing where their next meal will come from. Sustainable food system transformation is urgent but many “sticky” factors hinder progress. CGIAR experts discussed the challenges in a recent webinar.
Food system actors identified key drivers for agroecological transition, such as the compatibility of many agroecological practices with existing farmer capabilities, their cultural and economic benefits, and the positive outcomes for environmental sustainability and health. In Tunisia, where dryland areas predominate, the ongoing implementation of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology provided the context for a study, which explores the drivers