In the past, plant breeding has helped avert entire famines by changing a handful of genes in key crop varieties. But today’s breeders must meet similar challenges with consistent excellence, making the right decisions each season to refine natural genetic diversity into a multitude of hard-working food crops. In 2020, CGIAR crop breeders began using computer simulations to model
Global ecosystem restoration efforts are often measured by billions of trees planted or square kilometers of land restored. But there is a critical void in the agenda: the social and political dimensions that make restoration a success.
BY SWATI MALHOTRA AND ALEXANDRIA RICHTER More than 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity at crisis level or worse around the world in 2020, an increase of 20 million from 2019 and a five-year high, as the COVID-19 pandemic compounded economic shocks, conflicts, and climate and severe weather impacts, estimates the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). In a mutual
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) have signed an agreement to strengthen collaboration in One Health research activities in Africa. This collaboration is expected to increase NVI’s capacity in One Health and its preparedness in tackling emerging infections. In line with the new agreement, NVI senior researcher Hannah Jørgensen will work at ILRI in
A new guidance note shines a brighter light on the role of women in wheat-based farming systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains and provides actionable recommendations to researchers, rural advisory services, development partners, and policymakers on how to support working communities more effectively and knowledgeably. The publication, Supporting labor and managerial feminization processes in wheat in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A guidance
Globally, countries are making pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions as part of the Paris Agreement, and Kenya is among those that have submitted an updated Nationally Determined Contribution. The country has set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32% below a business-as-usual scenario by 2030 and has also committed to enhancing climate change adaptation. Climate-smart agriculture
CGIAR called on the G20 to foster international cooperation that transforms food systems through a comprehensive and inclusive agenda, in a statement to the group’s Foreign Affairs and Development Ministerial Session in Matera, Italy, on June 29. In the meeting, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director, Partnerships and Advocacy, CGIAR, and Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),