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BY STEVEN BLOCK,BELIYOU HAILE, LIANGZHI YOU AND DEREK HEADEY The growing threat that climate shocks pose to food, water and nutrition security makes understanding the linkages between climate and nutrition increasingly urgent. Our new paper in Food Security demonstrates an empirical connection between rising temperatures, cereal yields, and poorer growth outcomes for children—the first time such a link has been established between climate

It is estimated that nearly one in seven people — more than 1 billion in total — are classified as migrants in national statistics. Of these, about 763 million are estimated to be internal migrants; the remaining 281 million are international migrants (International Organization for Migration 2021). Migration is an intrinsic part of the development process, representing one of the

Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries; Demand-driven partnerships; Using digital tools to disseminate and scale out research knowledge and technologies to increase agriculture production while taking care of the environment; Providing science-based evidence for decision making to increase farmers’ resilience to climate change and addressing youth unemployment. These are among the priority interventions of CGIAR

Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries, demand-driven partnerships to using digital tools to disseminate and scale out research knowledge and technologies to increase agriculture production while taking care of the environment, providing science-based evidence for decision making to increase farmers’ resilience to climate change and addressing youth unemployment… These and others are among the priority interventions

By: Dylan Anderson-BerensPrevious blogs in this series introduced the Food Action Alliance (FAA), its criteria to design and select flagship projects that take a food systems approach, and the resulting portfolio of FAA flagship projects and pipeline initiatives in Latin America. In this final blog, we explain how the FAA and its flagships relate to the United Nations Food Systems

WorldFish’s initiative to increase women’s empowerment through small fish production in Bangladesh’s northern provinces of Rangpur and Rajshahi was featured on Colours FM 101.6 radio show Women in Aquaculture and Nutrition. Read more

As most of the world relies on coffee, producers, roasters, and investors are becoming more committed to keep coffee-driven deforestation in Vietnam to a minimum.Through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and remote sensing, the Alliance and partners are providing information and opportunities to bridge gaps in monitoring forest loss due to coffee production.

Background: Grown on 4.0 M ha, postrainy sorghum is the lifeline of dryland farmers in Maharashtra state of India. The grain is highly valued for its food use and its stover is highly preferred for animal feed. The crop is grown purely on residual soil moisture with only 50 mm rainfall received during crop growth period. While sorghum productivity during