Policy and action research by the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems to improve rural energy access for smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs shows full alignment with the UNFCCC Race to Zero global campaign for decarbonizing economies. With adverse climate change impacts growing in number and intensity, many world leaders at this year’s COP26 meetings in Glasgow developed joint,
Fish are the future of food in Nigeria, agreed panelists at the virtual launch of a new book exploring aquaculture development in the country. Read more
An evaluation of CGIAR’s work on ‘solar power as a remunerative crop’ finds that it has contributed to the adoption of a more inclusive and sustainable approach in major Indian government programs The dark side of the sun Solar-powered irrigation could be touted as a modern-day exemplar of hi-tech India, nestled within the larger narrative of the irrigation that propelled
Reversing biodiversity loss is a critical component of limiting climate change and vice versa, but less widely acknowledged is how agriculture is needed to deliver both. With agriculture occupying 40% of the world’s land surface, governments with the greatest chance of meeting conservation goals on all fronts will be those that address healthy food production, mitigating climate change and
Scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and their collaborative partners have identified molecular markers associated with resistance to banana weevil—one of the most destructive pests of the crop that can lead up to 100% yield loss. Identifying the markers on a crop’s genome in a population derived from a cross from two banana accessions, “Monyet” and “Kokopo”
IITA and partners—the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), the International Potato Center (CIP), One Acre Fund (OAF), and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (the Alliance)—are implementing the triadic comparison of technology options (tricot) methodology to help farmers identify the most suitable crop varieties for the local conditions of their farm. This approach has been used since
Radio IITA’s Dajie Odok received an award for the “Best Reporter of the Year” in the Radio Category at the 5th edition of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria Annual Media Awards. The OFAB-organized event took place on 11 November in collaboration with the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) and the Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF). The media awards recognize
In product development, a gender-inclusive process can enhance equality between genders, and when women’s and men’s voices are heard, it effectively informs the breeding process. While there is growing recognition of women’s vital role in informal/farmer-led breeding processes, knowledge on how and when to involve men and women farmers and how gender-responsive breeding can advance gender equality is limited. Plant