This week ICARDA travels to the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK. COP, organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is a unique opportunity for world leaders, climate change experts, scientists, and other global stakeholders, to hammer out action that addresses climate change in this time of crisis. COP26, this year in
Adding a winter crop of potatoes to rice cultivation can increase farm profitability and food production. However, pests and diseases will have to be managed in a way that minimizes the overall environmental impact of double cropping. Research in Bangladesh, India, and China supported by the CGIAR Research Program for Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) demonstrates that sustainable intensification practices
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions came into full force just as the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish project on “Improving Biosecurity: A Science-Based Approach to Manage Fish Disease Risks and Increase the Socioeconomic Contribution of the Nigerian Catfish and Tilapia Industries” was getting off the ground. Read more
Climate change is one of our most critical and complex global challenges. Sea-level rise and coastal flooding are projected to impact hundreds of millions of people, and climate-induced changes in tropical marine fisheries threaten global food security. Read more
“Anything given to my wife is given to me”, explained a man in a gender-dialogue group meeting that was held in Mushinga, a rural village in South Kivu, located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bukavu, the provincial capital that hugs the shores of Lake Kivu, has one of the highest reported incidences of gender-based
Throughout deliberations at last month’s United Nations’ Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), global leaders unanimously agreed on the need for more sustainable and responsible food production. They concluded that the food system needs a complete overhaul in how the world grows, produces, transports and consumes food, with food loss and waste in particular posing a significant challenge to overcome. Read more
The WLE-hosted webinar series “From research to resilience” took place through the month of October. Eight webinars assessed the progress of research for development, captured lessons learned, and identified scientifically proven tools and approaches that climate-vulnerable communities can adopt to secure more inclusive, sustainable and resilient futures. About the webinar series Informed by the experience and insights of WLE and its partners, and the solutions the program has
The current biodiversity, climate, water, land and human global crisis demands that we look closely at academic curricula. We need to see if young people are being properly trained and prepared for today’s complex, interlinked challenges – also called ‘wicked problems’ in the policy and planning sector. Current sectoral and silo thinking have helped us to gain deep knowledge on