CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS IRRI, RICE TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (varieties and breeds) Production systems and management practices Research and communication methodologies and tools Social science
Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pivotal in the transformation of the continent’s food security and prosperity. This was the key message from a side event of the UN Food Systems Summit Science Days, organized by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) with support from WLE. Held on July 6, the event brought together
BY SWATI MALHOTRA On top of climate-driven shocks, conflicts, and economic stresses, the COVID-19 pandemic undermined the livelihoods of billions around the world in 2020. Food insecurity grew: 155 million people suffered acute hunger and 34 million people were on the brink of famine in 20 countries, according to the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises. The May 10 T20 Forum
In June 2021, food safety experts from Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute held a workshop to discuss ways to disseminate findings and scale up interventions of the four-year Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia project.
Any entity that wants to enhance and maintain agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems – whether it’s a national government or a future-conscious private company – needs a way to track progress as time goes by. To make that kind of assessment possible, the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) developed the Agrobiodiversity Index, with support from
Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about producing enough food under the stressors of climate change. However, a potential solution exists within the potato “family.” Crop wild relatives of potatoes are genetically-related to potatoes that we grow and consume and they contain valuable traits that can be built into consumer varieties to help ensure reliable yields and high-quality potatoes for shoring up food and nutrition… The post Food system sustainability
Experts in remote sensing shared the latest innovations in digital data with insurance professionals at a virtual training workshop held recently. This new knowledge will enable insurers to build better products that help more farmers in Sri Lanka cope with climate risk. Most Sri Lankan farmers are smallholders and have faced incessant onslaughts of floods and droughts, which have destroyed
A review of the actions needed to enhance the contributions of fish and aquatic foods to Zambia’s sustainable development ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit. Read more