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Agricultural Economics Research Association organized a capacity strengthening training on “Fundamentals of Input-Output Analysis and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) based Multiplier Modeling for Economy Wide Impact Assessment” on 6th December 2023 in RPCAU (Pusa), Samastipur, Bihar. Dr. Barun Deb Pal, and Mr. Manmeet Singh Ajmani from IFPRI conducted the training.   The training started with an introductory lecture on economy-wide modeling

Read the blog in English En la conferencia internacional “De la investigación al impacto: hacia sistemas agroalimentarios justos y resilientes”, celebrada en New Delhi del 9 al 12 de octubre del 2023, Fanny Howland investigadora de la Alianza de Bioversity y el CIAT, en el marco de la Iniciativa de Políticas y Estrategias Nacionales (NPS, por su sigla en inglés),

Read the blog in Spanish During the international conference “From Research to Impact: Towards Just and Resilient Agri-Food Systems,” held in New Delhi from October 9 to 12, 2023, Fanny Howland, a researcher from the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT within the framework of the initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), had the opportunity to share the progress of

On November 28th– 30th in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, EXPOSENA 2023, an esteemed international event, unfolded, drawing collaboration from Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico. This gathering fosters academic, scientific, and cultural exchanges while spotlighting the invaluable role of knowledge acquisition within formative, applied, and technological research projects. These endeavors stand pivotal in realizing the tangible value pledged by the Industrial

By Haley Zaremba Original blog published on Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT on December 21, 2023 Imagine a rural community with limited access to water. Now imagine the community members: a stay-at-home wife and mother with no mobile phone, whose husband is an illiterate farmer who relies on rain to water his crops; a well-off, educated male farmer who owns farmland

Original blog published by ICARDA on December 21, 2023 The Aral Sea has been plagued by severe and ongoing environmental degradation. The excessive diversion of water for cotton farming has caused the sea to retract dramatically, leading to ecological imbalances and the emergence of salt flats, desertification, and sand-dust storms. In response, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

When it comes to water management and conservation, it is critical to balance the needs of domestic users, small-scale and industrial irrigators, hydro-electricity producers, and manufacturers to ensure that improvements in access to water for one group of water users does not impede the progress of others. We must also consider the impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, and the challenges

International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) organized a state consultation workshop on 14 December 2023 on ‘Policy Coherence in Food, Land, and Water (FLW) Systems: A case study of Odisha’ at Bhubaneswar as a part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies Initiatives (NPS). The Food, Land and Water