CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, IITA TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (varieties and breeds) Production systems and management practices Research and communication methodologies and tools
CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CIP, IITA, RTB TYPE OF INNOVATION Biophysical science Genetic (varieties and breeds) Production systems and management practices Research and commu
A new collaboration between the Alliance and Guyanese partners provides guidance for climate-smart agricultural investment
Getting the right traits and the suitable variety for different clients is never easy. Did you know that farmer’s approval for a variety to be released is very critical? To breed common bean varieties preferred by men, women, and youth, farmers, consumers, traders and processors, breeders must involve all partners in the process. Often bean varieties are evaluated based on
Farmers in Nyando, Kakamega and Vihiga, Western Kenya, are benefiting from the interventions of two seed system focused projects. The first project, Promoting open source seed systems for climate change adaptation in Kenyan, Uganda and Tanzania, led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, aimed to facilitate adaptation to climate change by introducing new diversity of sorghum, finger millet
BY KIBROM A. ABAY, MULUBRHAN AMARE, LUCA TIBERTI,KWAW S. ANDAM AND MICHAEL WANG COVID-19 has disrupted programs that assist vulnerable populations worldwide. In addition to education, schools provide daily meals and other services that many families depend on; when schools closed during the pandemic, those services ceased. Kibrom Abay and colleagues explore the food security consequences of school closures in
BY DANIELLE RESNICK On July 28, local governments were given center stage at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit dialogues to discuss how to tackle food insecurity and nutrition. This reflects the growing prominence of local governments in civic life around the world—the outcome of processes of decentralization unfolding globally since the early 1990s. Decentralization involves the transfer of certain administrative functions,
Aquatic foods are not just good foods, they are superfoods with the power to nourish all people and our planet. Read this blog written by Gareth Johnstone, Director General of WorldFish. This blog was originally published as part of the Borlaug blog series by the World Food Prize Foundation.