From its sources in the western mountains and plateau of Mpumalanga in South Africa to its mouth just north of Maputo’s bustling docks in Mozambique, the Incomati River basin supports lives, livelihoods, and irreplaceable ecosystems across eastern Southern Africa. However, growing irrigation and energy needs and accelerating climate change have placed increasing water stress on the transboundary river basin. Without
By Chin Yee Chan, Nhuong Tran, Yan Hoong, Timothy B. Sulser, Yee Mon Aung Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in the future, and the body of research exploring these challenges is growing rapidly. This note is part of a series developed by the CGIAR Foresight Initiative to summarize what we know today about the future of various aspects of
We are delighted that the Agrobiodiversity Index, supported by NEXUS Gains, has won the Food Planet Prize 2023. Congratulations to Sarah Jones and the Alliance of Biodiversity and CIAT team! The Curt Bergfors Foundation received more than 1,000 nominations for the 2023 edition of the prize, and the Agobiodiversity Index was one of eight projects shortlisted. It was selected as
The policy engagement workshop held in Naivasha from 2nd to 4th May 2023, organized by the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) and Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), brought together stakeholders and policymakers with the aim of integrating recommendations from the 1st Kenya Food Systems Conference (KFSC) into national policy frameworks. This collaborative effort is
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By Ricky Robertson and Nicola Cenacchi Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in the future, and the body of research exploring these challenges is growing rapidly. This note is part of a series developed by the CGIAR Foresight Initiative to summarize what we know today about the future of various aspects of food systems. The goal of these notes is
Click to read the Spanish version of this blog. On April 21, the Colombia team of the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) received a visit from a group of students from the University of the Andes. These students are enrolled in the course “Politics and Food Policies” and visited the Palmira Campus of the Alliance of Bioversity
Click to read the English version of this blog. El pasado 21 de abril el equipo de Colombia de la Iniciativa del CGIAR, Políticas y Estrategias Nacionales (NPS por sus siglas en inglés), recibió en el Campus de Palmira de la Alianza de Bioversity y el CIAT, la visita de un grupo de estudiantes de la universidad de los Andes