Preventing child wasting is more urgent than ever before. Nearly 43 million children worldwide suffer from wasting at any given time, and severe wasting accounts for 20% of deaths among children under 5 years of age. This situation will likely worsen as conflicts and crises intensify poverty and food insecurity around the world. Research on how to address child wasting
FLEX shares critical knowledge on climate resilience from conflict-affected settings and offers a space for learning, collaboration and collective action for the benefit of fragile communities. Author: Isis Palay In the world’s most fragile settings, climate extremes, conflict, displacement and weak governance are colliding to create compound crises. These crises are eroding livelihoods, intensifying food and water insecurity and straining
In Colombia, deforestation, largely driven by the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector accounts for 56 percent of total emissions. As the nation strives to meet its ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent by 2030, transforming food production systems will be essential. However, achieving this transformation demands substantial investments, underscoring the need for effective
In 2024, three researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT arrived in French Guiana following a warning sign: witches’ broom, a devastating cassava disease, may have crossed the ocean. This is the story of the expedition to hunt down the witches’ broom. For a long time, witches were figures of superstition, caught between popular fear and imagination.
What do a group of rice farmers, a family-run forage business, and a research hub have in common? When they combine their strengths toward a shared goal, they create fertile ground to grow, innovate, and overcome these challenges. Such is the case of the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR, for its Spanish acronym) and Grupo Papalotla, who,
By Inge Brouwer, Deanna Olney, Purnima Menon, and Julie Ghostlaw August 15, 2025 A nutrition-sensitive food system ensures equitable access to diverse, safe, and healthy foods that are both affordable and sustainably produced. Yet today’s food systems are failing to deliver on these key goals for billions around the world. They are also major drivers of climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and
Thriving Landscapes, Vibrant Futures Blog 3 of 4 Achieving socio-ecological gains at the landscape level requires coherent policies and robust institutions. Recognizing this, CGIAR’s Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program (MFL SP) collaborates with partners to align policies and strengthen institutions at sub-national, national and regional levels. The program builds on previous CGIAR and partner innovations in the policy arena, co-generating evidence
The bean pathology team of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT – in collaboration with Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) – is committed to addressing the challenges posed by diseases and pests (D&P) in bean production. In recent years, the team has worked to align and leverage its collective expertise towards a common goal: updating and improving information on