Environmental health
Food systems are a major driver of the unsustainable use of the planet’s increasingly fragile ecosystem. Water, land, forests and the biodiversity they contain are precious, yet finite, natural resources. Agriculture and food systems account for up to 29% of greenhouse gas emissions, and yet will be profoundly affected by the more rapidly changing climate that those emissions cause. Agriculture is driving the loss of the world’s forests and productive land, with 5 million hectares of forests lost every year and a third of the world’s land already classified as degraded. Agriculture accounts for about 70% of water withdrawals globally, is a major cause of water stress in countries where more than 2 billion people live, and water pollution from agricultural systems poses a serious threat to the world’s water systems.
CGIAR and the Sustainable Development Goals
CGIAR research to improve natural resources and ecosystem services contributes strongly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and targets for the 2030 agenda, to address:
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News
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Protecting plant health for food and nutritional security
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.05.22-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Robust and resilient agrifood systems begin with healthy crops. Without healthy crops the food secur…
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How crop breeding can benefit the environment
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)04.05.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Modern agricultural practices have enabled food production to meet — and even outpace — demands…
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A Green Light for Desert Farming Collaboration
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)04.04.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
At a recent KIADPAI/CGIAR side-event during the 7th International Date Palm Conference in Abu Dhabi,…
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WorldFish pilots last-mile feed business models to boost aquaculture in Zambia
WorldFish31.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Smallholder fish farmers in Zambia face a myriad of challenges, but one of their biggest…
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Protecting Scarce Dryland Water
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)22.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
ICARDA is grateful to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Fores…
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Deadlock over UN treaty for high seas keeps developing countries at a disadvantage
WorldFish19.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
The livelihoods of millions worldwide continue to be at risk after UN Member States failed…
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Events
Publications
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Measuring the Impact of Integrated Systems Research: Promising Approaches and Why CGIAR Needs to Care
Advisory Services22.02.22-
Environmental health
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Food Systems Summit Brief: water for food systems and nutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)23.08.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
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A novel approach to analyze uncertainties and complexities while mapping groundwater abstractions in large irrigation schemes
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)18.05.21-
Environmental health
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Approaches to water monitoring
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)18.05.21-
Environmental health
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Health
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Aspirations undone: hydropower and the (re) shaping of livelihood pathways in northern Laos
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)18.05.21-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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From Tree Planting to Tree Growing: Rethinking Ecosystem Restoration Through Tree
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)18.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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