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The new Ukama Ustawi Initiative will help millions of vulnerable smallholders in 12 countries transition from maize-mixed systems to sustainably intensified, diversified, and de-risked agrifood systems. Partners of CGIAR’s new Regional Integrated Initiative in East and Southern Africa (ESA) held a kick-off meeting in Nairobi from March 2 to 3, 2022. Eighty-five participants attended, including national agricultural research extension programs,

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having big, and potentially long-lasting impacts on the global supplies of food and energy. On this episode of Radio Davos, Saad Rahim, Chief Economist at trading firm Trafigura, explains what makes oil and gas prices fluctuate so wildly, and considers the short and long-term impacts of the war on those vital commodities. He also

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the disruption, by sanctions or war, of two of the world’s largest grain exporters. This means 2022 is shaping up to be a very difficult year for the global food system. Yet there were concerns that this system was creaking at the seams as far back as 2007. At that time there were

Achieving impact at scale is one of the greatest challenges facing the research and development community, and the term ‘scaling of innovation’ is increasingly popular in the world of public research and development.   Pilots never fail, Pilots never scale… if this sounds like what is happening in your organization, then this course provides a starting point for improved innovation and

BY JOHANN SWINNEN AND MARTIEN VAN NIEUWKOOP Totaling more than $639 billion per year, public policies and support to agriculture create powerful incentives influencing which crops we grow, the diets we consume, and the impact these decisions have on the environment. Currently, however, the structure of this support contributes to many of the hidden costs our food systems generate. Agriculture,

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has roiled agricultural markets, particularly wheat, which has seen prices rise by 30% since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. This post focuses on the impacts of the crisis on Yemen, whose poverty, civil war, and dependence on wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine make it uniquely vulnerable to the current market and supply disruptions. Yemen’s civil war has ravaged the

Making the invisible visible: A chat with groundwater expert Dr. Karen Villholth, Principal Researcher, IWMI The post Why worry about groundwater? first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

ICARDA is grateful to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Forest Service, and the governments of India, Morocco, and Australia for funding this research. ICARDA would also like to recognize its partners the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), L’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Maroc, and the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) Jordan.  By