A recent Twitter conversation between the UN’s David Beasley and Tesla’s Elon Musk has shown that hunger is deceptively complex. There is a crucial difference between acute hunger, caused by shocks like war or natural disasters, and chronic hunger, which occurs when agricultural production (and distribution) fails to keep pace with threats such as soil degradation, erratic rainfall, or heatwaves, or
BY SWATI MALHOTRA, ALAN DE BRAUW, ERWIN BULTE AND EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA The agricultural productivity gap between actual and potential yields in Africa south of the Sahara has been a persistent challenge since the post-World War II independence movement. Despite efforts by governments, international foundations, UN agencies, and private investors, smallholder agricultural production—which dominates in Africa—continues to lag behind its potential,
The CGIAR Research Program on Fisheries Agri-Food Systems (FISH) came to a successful conclusion after providing five years of evidence to improve food security, fight poverty, enhance sustainability, increase resilience to climate change and develop a new research and innovation base for fish agri-food systems. Read more
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
Learnings emanating from the Green Revolution in India indicate that the ability of development intervention recipients to reap more of the economic and social benefits from new agricultural technologies and innovations is directly related to their resource buffer and socioeconomic standing. While this idea is applicable to high yielding varieties of rice, maize, and wheat, along with the introduction or
Active involvement of youth in all agri-food value chains is necessary for the sustainability of agriculture Agriculture contributes significantly to the livelihood of Sub-Saharan countries in Africa and is a viable engine for welfare and economic development. Besides constraints related to the growing environmental conditions (e. g. climatic and edaphic) in the region, agriculture appears to be a less attractive
Aflatoxin in peanuts remains an unsolved problem for people with a small food budget, and a private sector partner is providing solutions Contamination of peanuts and peanut products by aflatoxins pose serious health challenges for all populations. Consumed in high amounts over a long period, aflatoxin contributes to cancer, stunted growth and various cognitive diseases due to immune compromises. But
Tanaya Dutta Gupta, Alice Taylor, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach With impacts of climate change increasingly felt across societies, economies, and ecosystems, it is crucial for climate scientists and policy makers to understand how complex interactions in land, water, and food systems, worsened by climate impacts may lead to insecurity, conflict, and fragility. This question is particularly relevant within the fragile