In Uzbekistan, most agricultural land is irrigated with water pumped from two rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya. This pumping consumes 20% of the country’s power, and to keep power affordable for farmers and other users, the government sinks USD 450 million into energy subsidies every year. Research by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and CGIAR Research Program
BY SARAH EISSLER, JESSICA HECKERT,EMILY MYERS, GREG SEYMOUR, SHEELA SINHAROY, KATHRYN M. YOUNT AND JESSICA WALLACH Substantial gender gaps in time spent on unpaid domestic and care work can be found in every region of the world, and have expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are due, in large part, to rigid gender norms that place responsibility for unpaid care and domestic work
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),
Ethiopia’s development trajectory is placing water resources under extraordinary pressure. To have any chance of continuing on this trajectory – not to mention achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, water and sanitation for all – the country needs new approaches to managing water use and trade-offs. In 2020, the Government took the initiative with a water policy review that will form