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With the initial support of GIZ and with KfW as anchor investor, responsAbility and CGIAR have partnered to launch the first science-based impact investing solution targeting food systems transformation. The aim is to provide long-term expansion debt to innovative businesses operating in the food value chain in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa with the goal of mitigating climate

Mohammed Yusuf walks out of an unfinished house with no roof and heads to his field. While the home may not show it yet, Yusuf feels he is making progress for the first time in his 50-year life. Born and raised Babile Woreda in Ethiopia, Yusuf has spent the past 30 years growing maize, sorghum, groundnut, and local sweetpotato cultivars

As the world prepares to celebrate World Wetlands Day, IWMI reflects on the transformative power of nature-based solutions to tackle climate change — and more. By Matthew McCartney and Lisa-Maria Rebelo, IWMI It is now widely accepted that nature-based solutions are an imperative in our fight against climate change and biodiversity loss, and central to our efforts to address many other global challenges

Marleen Schutter is a postdoctoral researcher within the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center at the University of Washington EarthLab and is currently based in WorldFish. Her research focuses on relationships between people and the sea. In particular, she studies the values, world views and images of different communities in the world and their contributions to addressing equity and justice issues

WorldFish was awarded today the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge grand prize of $250,000 for proposing a game-changing innovation in aquatic food systems by introducing dried fish powder from nutrient-dense small fish as part of healthy, affordable and sustainable diets for vulnerable communities, especially young children, pregnant and lactating women in developing countries. Read more.

BY JABOURY GHAZOUL At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in 2021, 26 countries pledged to introduce new policies to foster more sustainable and less polluting agriculture. “Nature-based climate solutions” were hyped as a means to make “food and farming sexy.” All of this is in the abstract. “Agriculture” itself is an abstraction that glosses over the diverse and complex realities of farming. International

India has conferred posthumously upon Sanjaya Rajaram, 2014 World Food Prize laureate and former wheat breeder and Director of the Wheat Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), its prestigious 2022 Padma Bhushan Award in “Science and Engineering” in recognition of “distinguished service of high order.” Among the most successful crop breeders in history, Rajaram, who passed

The past decade has seen a renewed and more comprehensive interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment in agricultural development. This drive has created a unique opportunity to advance gender equality and institutionalize gender research within agricultural research for development (AR4D) organizations. A new book, “Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future,” has been released