To fill gaps in essential data informing decisions at the farm level, the ICT2Scale project, launched in Tunisia in 2019, introduced Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services to family farmers. The project wrapped up this month, but its legacy will live on. In just over two years, ICT2Scale has significantly strengthened access to vital e-learning courses and mobile phone
The SWC@Scale project is funded by GIZ as part of the PROSOL global program, and carried out alongside partners such as Tunisia’s national agriculture research institutions, Direction générale de l’aménagement et de la conservation des terres agricoles (DGACTA), and Tunisian farmers associations. The newly launched SWC@Scale project researches and designs a sociotechnical package of affordable and scalable Soil and Water Conservation Technologies (SWCT) to improve soil
The colonization of knowledge in agri-food systems has many implications for the way we think about science, food and people. Over centuries, ‘Western’ definitions of gender have created power dynamics that still exist today. Western gender-biased knowledge production continues to affect formerly colonized nations, permeating agriculture practices, communities and cultures in distorted ways. During the 2021 conference on Cultivating Equality:
Women fish processors and traders play a critical role in food and nutrition security across Africa, ensuring safe and sufficient supplies of aquatic foods reach the most vulnerable consumers. Women account for over half of the global workforce in fisheries and aquaculture. They perform up to 90 percent of secondary fishing activities in low- and middle-income countries, particularly rural women.
BY OLIVIER ECKER, TRACY BROWN AND KWAW S. ANDAM Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, largest national economy, leading oil exporter, and largest food producer. Yet it is also a major net food importer and faces widespread food insecurity. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 40% of the population lived below the national poverty line and many experienced food shortages. Lately,
A recently completed study conducted by IWMI presents scenarios where water can be used sustainably and efficiently for cultivating crops. The post How smarter water management can help strengthen food security for the 500 million people who call the Nile Basin home first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
ICARDA is thrilled to announce that Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR CWANA Regional Director, and Mr. Ashwin B Panya, Secretary General of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), have signed a memorandum of understanding to put in place a formal framework for future collaboration between ICARDA and ICID. This framework aims to build on
WorldFish researcher Faridul Haque explains how his work can lead to gender transformative change within aquatic food systems in Bangladesh. Further research into power relations can steer programs, policies and best practices that can help men and women achieve greater self-sufficiency, equality and mobility in income generating activities. Read more