Building on the July CWANA consultations, CGIAR led by Mr. Aly Abousabaa – Regional Director of Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) and ICARDA Director General, Martin Kropff – Global Director of the Resilient Agrifood Systems Science Group, and Michel Afram – Board of Trustees Chair for ICARDA and LARI Director General, is now carrying out a series
Around the world, especially in dry areas, agricultural practices are affected by climate change and water availability. The shift in rainfall patterns, growing seasons, and extreme temperatures, sometimes occurring altogether, significantly impacts farming and yield production, with brutal consequences on human health resulting from food insecurity and lower income for rural communities. To strengthen the resilience of farmers affected by climate change, ICARDA studies the patterns and trends of these climatic changes. Recent research
Today’s agrifood systems no longer simply feed people. They must also provide nutrition, promote livelihoods, protect the environment, and tackle climate change – often all at once. Financing and unlocking innovations are needed to address these challenges together. If our food, land and water systems are ever able to achieve society’s mounting demands, we must ensure our priorities are in
In 1957, Karl Wittfogel hypothesized that the emergence of human civilization is linked partially, but importantly, to the management of water to grow food. In this hypothesis, the development of irrigation infrastructure, and the institutions needed to manage that infrastructure, were critical to the development of complex, organized societies in the Middle East and elsewhere. Today, building large dams, and other
Seaweed holds enormous potential to transform food systems for improved sustainability, equity and nutrition. However, seaweed’s current contributions and future potential are often overlooked by the global food systems agenda. Civil society, researchers and academia must work in collaboration to utilise seaweed to improve food and nutrition security and foster nature-positive solutions to food system challenges. Read more
WorldFish scientist Shakuntala Thilsted receives award for her influential research on nutrition, fish and aquatic food systems DES MOINES, October, 21, 2021 – Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at WorldFish, received today the 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research, critical insights and landmark innovations in developing nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquatic food systems,
by Steve Beebe Agriculture is one of the key foundations of human society. Agriculture has come to be recognized as an elemental component in improving the lives of people around the world given its multifaceted roles as an economic activity, as the foundation of human nutrition, and as a way of life. When seismic events such as the COVID pandemic
WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Shakuntala Thilsted landed in Des Moines, Iowa for a week of engagements that put aquatic foods at the center of the food systems research agenda. The events will culminate in Thilsted receiving the World Food Prize at the Laureate Award Ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol Building. Read more