BY THOMAS WHAMOND With the approach of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (WTO MC12) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 in Geneva, Latin American and Caribbean countries face major challenges in the governance of agriculture and food trade—particularly the need for predictable and transparent trade systems critical for food security and environmental sustainability in the region and for the world. A new book, The
The CGIAR Executive Management Team is excited to announce that a major milestone has been reached in the transition to One CGIAR with the appointment of the membership of a Senior Leadership Team. “This is a big step on the road to a unified and integrated One CGIAR. We are pleased to have such a diverse team with such deep expertise now in place,” said Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Managing Director, Institutional Strategy and Systems. With a complete Senior Leadership Team directing
When Access Agriculture started as a new, international NGO in 2012, we realized the importance of the root, tuber and banana crops, so when we divided our web platform into categories, we included one for root, tuber and banana crops, along with other such as cereals, livestock, and plant health. The root, tuber and banana videos hosted on Access Agriculture include
In India, nearly one-sixth of groundwater reserves has been overexploited and almost one-fifth of them is either in critical or semi-critical condition. For a country that relies heavily on groundwater for drinking and irrigation, these statistics are close to a death sentence. India’s water crisis, however, is not unique in the region. Population growth, coupled with increasing urbanization and industrialization,
The ‘Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure’ (IKRI), a brand-new online catalog that compiles indigenous agricultural knowledge, is now available. It helps young farmers succeed in farming and helps overcome a widening gap in knowledge transfer between generations. Conceived during the UN Food System Pre-Summit in late July 2021 and led by research centers such as ICARDA, IKRI catalogs a wealth
Studies in three Africa countries validate the value of seed system tools Seed systems are essential for getting new crop varieties to farmers and, in the case of banana, cassava, potato, sweetpotato and yam, they can improve the yields of established varieties. This is because farmers plant vegetatively propagated seed (e.g., tubers, vines, or roots) for those crops, and that planting material is frequently infected with pests or
The Borlaug Dialogue has come to a close, culminating in WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Shakuntala Thilsted being awarded the 2021 World Food Prize. Read more
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