“Anything given to my wife is given to me”, explained a man in a gender-dialogue group meeting that was held in Mushinga, a rural village in South Kivu, located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bukavu, the provincial capital that hugs the shores of Lake Kivu, has one of the highest reported incidences of gender-based
Throughout deliberations at last month’s United Nations’ Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), global leaders unanimously agreed on the need for more sustainable and responsible food production. They concluded that the food system needs a complete overhaul in how the world grows, produces, transports and consumes food, with food loss and waste in particular posing a significant challenge to overcome. Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions came into full force just as the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish project on “Improving Biosecurity: A Science-Based Approach to Manage Fish Disease Risks and Increase the Socioeconomic Contribution of the Nigerian Catfish and Tilapia Industries” was getting off the ground. Read more
This week ICARDA travels to the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK. COP, organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is a unique opportunity for world leaders, climate change experts, scientists, and other global stakeholders, to hammer out action that addresses climate change in this time of crisis. COP26, this year in
Adding a winter crop of potatoes to rice cultivation can increase farm profitability and food production. However, pests and diseases will have to be managed in a way that minimizes the overall environmental impact of double cropping. Research in Bangladesh, India, and China supported by the CGIAR Research Program for Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) demonstrates that sustainable intensification practices
Information gap One of the challenges for research for development organizations is to ensure their innovations are properly documented and findable by public and private partners. If the innovations that research organizations have designed, tested and validated are to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, they must be available to businesses and governments for further adaptation and embedding into business
BY KARLA ESTRADA As climate change impacts escalate, food systems around the world and the people and communities depending on them face a range of problems including extreme weather events, the effects of heat on agricultural productivity, and limiting greenhouse gas emissions. In advance of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) underway Oct. 31-Nov. 12 in Glasgow, IFPRI researchers discussed four
Adaptation investments urgently needed for agriculture-dependent regions like Africa that have done the least to cause the climate crisis but suffer the most. Glasgow, UK (November 2, 2021) – Facing mounting evidence that climate change will fall hardest on agriculture-dependent regions like sub-Saharan Africa, a coalition of funders at the United Nations climate summit pledged $575 million today to deliver climate-smart solutions to