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The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a challenging year, placing considerable strain on global food systems. A new online report, CGIAR Annual Performance Report 2020: Growing Resilience for a Better Future, details how CGIAR worked with partners to respond to shocks to food security around the world and to build back more resilient land, water and food systems. The fourth in a series of annual performance reports on CGIAR, the online document presents research-to-impact results in 2020 across CGIAR.  CGIAR Annual Performance Report 2020: Growing Resilience for a Better Future  Despite the year’s challenges, CGIAR continued to work toward, and make, strong

As One CGIAR takes shape it becomes critical to build on the progress already made. Participants in the virtual Golden Egg Transfer Marketplace event held in June 2021 reviewed 36 major research assets known as golden eggs and addressed their suitability for inclusion within the One CGIAR Initiatives. The CGIAR 2022–24 Investment Prospectus calls for the development of 33 Initiatives

Mon, 08/02/2021 “Kolfa” is a brand-new app which provides commodity price information to Tunisian farmers in near real-time. The bilingual Arabic-French app, now available for free on Google Play Store, has been developed by the ICARDA ICT2Scale team in Tunisia, with the support of the CGIAR’s Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (CRP PIM), and in partnership with the National

On July 27, 2021, ICARDA’s Director-General, Mr. Aly Abousabaa, led a scientific virtual lecture titled “ICARDA’s Efforts and Achievements in Developing Date Palm Cultivation Sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries,” which the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (KIAAI) organized. More than a hundred experts and specialists attended, representing 16 countries. During the lecture, Mr. Abousabaa

BY JULIE KURTZ AND DREW SAMPLE Our food system has a plastic problem. Macro- and micro-plastic pollution is contaminating aquatic and agricultural ecosystems—threatening food security. Plastics are entering food chains, threatening both animal and human health. Meanwhile, as diets increasingly include more packaged ultra-processed and fast foods, the food system itself is generating more and more plastic pollution. Takeout food and beverage

In the Horn of Africa, where pastoralism is an important livelihood activity, people live in close proximity to their livestock and their frequent interaction with animals increases their risk of infection with zoonoses. To characterize and evaluate the nature of zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa, a team of scientists from Addis Ababa University, the International Livestock Research Institute,

As one of the world’s most widely produced and consumed fruits and staple foods, bananas (including plantain) are of vital importance. But pests and diseases, such as the Tropical Race 4 fungal infection, and climate change, have put bananas at risk. In the face of such threats, the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC), has been working with national

It is a laborious and time-consuming process: chopping plant matter by hand to feed to livestock. In Cox’s Bazar district, in eastern Bangladesh, it is common practice. A mechanized fodder chopper can do the job more quickly and efficiently — yet this simple but effective machine has not seen much use in the region. To address this, a collaboration between