Top photo: NATURE+ lead Carlo Fadda, right, closes out the final session at the COP28 Food and Agriculture Pavilion, a collaboration between the world’s leading food and agriculture organizations, CGIAR, FAO, IFAD and The Rockefeller Foundation. Phasing out planet-heating fossil fuels was again center stage at the United Nation’s annual climate conference. But there’s growing traction to put food
A brochure briefly profiles the eight participating countries, describing key features of their agricultural living landscapes and the entry points for their agroecology transitions Download the brochure Agroecology is a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented approach for co-designing options that enhance food system resilience, equity, and sustainability. Working in eight countries of the Global South, the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology seeks
By Dickson Kinuthia, Sedi Boukaka, Kristin Davis, Wei Zhang, Upeksha Hettiarachchi – International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Nature-positive solutions are practices that sustainably provide food and livelihoods for farmers while ensuring that agriculture is a net positive contributor to biodiversity and nature. In Kenya, the CGIAR Nature-Positive Solutions (NATURE+) Initiative is working with farmers to implement these practices, especially
Authors of this blog post: Cargele Masso (IITA), Christine Lamanna (CIFOR-ICRAF), Matthias Geck (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Sarah Jones (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT) Download the context documents: Burkina Faso Kenya Peru Tunisia India Lao PDR Senegal Zimbabwe Mbire, Murewa Increasingly in the spotlight, agroecology represents a holistic approach to agriculture that not only takes into account the ecological and social aspects of farming systems, but
By Sylvanus Odjo and Jessica González Regalado, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Colombia has high agrobiodiversity – but it also has high post-harvest loss. Straightforward, cost-effective measures to reduce this loss were the subject of training sessions for more than 300 farmers led by CGIAR in the Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative. The work is part of ongoing work under the
Authors: Mourad Rekik, Principal Scientist – Small Ruminant Physiology and management, ICARDA Ons Tebourbi, Veterinarian, ICARDA Aymen Frija, agricultural economist, co-lead Work Package 4 for the Initiative on Agroecology Veronique Alary, agricultural economist, country lead for the Initiative on Agroecology In an innovative move, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and its national partners in
CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative, in collaboration with partner BAIF and other key stakeholders, established a Circular BioEconomy Innovation Hub (CBE-IH) in India. The hub is a collaborative space for researchers, innovators, financiers and scaling partners to transform circular bioeconomy ideas into products and services that benefit people and nature. By Mansi Tripathi, Researcher, Resource Recovery and Reuse, International Water Management
CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative is working with green-economy entrepreneurs who have the potential to become leaders in Colombia’s growing circular economy. A three-day boot camp at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Palmira, Colombia was a recent milestone in a long-term project to help support, incentivize and research circular economic activity in the country. A normal Saturday morning