BY ROOSMARIJN VERSTRAETEN The COVID–19 pandemic, ongoing conflicts, and other problems made 2020 a difficult year for global nutrition. Knowledge will be crucial in addressing current nutrition issues and advancing the nutrition agenda for 2021 and beyond. Transform Nutrition West Africa (TNWA), a project led by IFPRI and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2017-2021 and now
CGIAR scientist at WorldFish honored for her nutrition-centered research innovation in fish and aquatic food systems that has improved the nutrition and health for millions of the world’s most vulnerable. Read more
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-based management practices are evolving as a viable and sustainable alternative to conventional rice-wheat cropping systems across south Asia for better resources conservation and yield stability. We hypothesized that CSA management scenarios (layering of different indicators/practices) could reduce weed density and composition, and diversity indices with no negative impact on wheat performance under rice/maize-based systems. Rice-wheat (RW) is
As part of the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress, November 15–18, we are thrilled to announce the Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge: Call for innovative solutions in the agri-food tech space. The need for innovative solutions to respond to challenges in agriculture, food and nutritional security, climate change, and environmental degradation has never been clearer. In few industries is this more pertinent than in agriculture. Current
Substantial international investment is greening livestock farms with trees and shrubs to make them more productive and better for the environment. But excess male cattle from scaling up silvopastoral farms may contribute to deforestation elsewhere
Billions of people in low- and middle-income countries could face heightened food, nutrition and economic insecurity because of the threat climate change poses to aquatic food systems, new research reveals. Read more
Aquatic foods – animals, plants and microorganisms grown or harvested from oceans and inland waters – are integral to growth and development, especially during the first 1000 days of life, and can be leveraged to tackle malnutrition and other diet-related health conditions in low- and middle-income countries. Read more
BY JULIE KURTZ With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting livelihoods, and the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) now beginning to influence food flows, agricultural trade in Africa is in a state of flux, with both challenges and opportunities. While AfCFTA implementation has begun, some crucial negotiations remain to be completed, and the full scope of its impact is not