Research by CGIAR’s Nature+ Initiative in arid and semi-arid Kenyan nomadic communities showed declines in nutrition driven by climate change and drought. But pastoralist communities that grew vegetables had better diets than those that didn’t. By CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions Authors: Dr. Céline Termote and Rachel Kibui, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Kenya’s Turkana County is one of
In our latest newsletter, we invite you to read the 2022 Annual Technical Report of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology and discover significant progress on its research for impact in eight countries. The Agroecology Initiative is now in its second year. Since the pre-consultation and Initiative design process in 2020 and 2021 and its effective initiation in 2022, it has
Authors of this blog: Zied Idoudi, Aymen Frija, Véronique Alary, Mourad Rekik (ICRADA) Soil is the foundation of all successful and resilient agri-food systems. But current agricultural practices are not always oriented towards preserving and improving this important resource. In the dry vulnerable area of Kef-Siliana in Northwest Tunisia where the prevailing agriculture is dominated by cereals (barley, wheat, oat),
CIRAD, the French agricultural research and cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions and ISRA, the Senegalese institute for agricultural research, will be implementing activities to contribute to the scaling of agroecological transitions that are already well underway in Senegal. It is the eights country to join the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology which operates already
Authors: Kristin Davis (International Food Policy Research Institute – IFPRI), Sean Mattson (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI), Rui Benfica (IFPRI), Elizabeth Bryan (IFPRI), Vinh Bui Academy for Green Growth), Salome Bukachi (Passion AFrica), Eleonora De Falcis (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Simon Kimenju (Kula Vyema Centre of Food Economics (KVC)), Wilfred Omondi (KVC), Balentine Oingo (Passion Africa), Abison Paul (Athena Infonomics) Industrial agriculture
CGIAR INITIATIVES Nature-Positive Solutions Primary Impact Area Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs Related Impact Areas
CGIAR INITIATIVES Agroecology Primary Impact Area Environmental health & biodiversity Related Impact Areas
CGIAR innovations via ICARDA considered as key pillars of the strategy. Authors of this blog: Aymen Frija, Véronique Alary (ICARDA Tunisia) CGIAR Initiatives on Agroecology and Livestock and Climate held a national workshop on “Developing a National Strategy for promoting Feed and Forage Resources in Tunisia” in March 2023. ICARDA, and its key partners in Tunisia (namely the Bureau of