Environment
Water, land and forests are precious, yet finite, natural resources. Agriculture accounts for about 70% of global water withdrawals and is the biggest cause of forest loss. Additionally, a third of the world’s soil is classified as degraded.
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
How agricultural research can navigate the perfect storm
15.11.18- Environment
- Food Security
We are the authors of unintended consequences Too often, meeting one need harms our ability…
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TheConversation: Food security in Africa depends on rethinking outdated water law
15.11.18- Environment
- Food Security
A new study has found that outdated, colonial-era water permit systems across Africa are unintenti…
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High pesticide use among smallholders in Africa south of the Sahara poses risks for health, environment
13.11.18- Environment
- Health
Africa south of the Sahara is urbanizing rapidly and its real GDP is growing robustly,…
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Lessons from Latin America: Using less, earning more
13.11.18- Environment
- Prosperity
Abílio Rodrigues Pacheco is a landowner in the Brazilian state of Goiás who works for…
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Why taxing meat could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year (World Economic Forum)
12.11.18- Climate
- Environment
- Health
- Nutrition
The World Economic Forum published an article about the recent sentiment that consuming red and pr…
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A sustainable future for people and nature? It's still possible
12.11.18- Climate
- Environment
Climate change, declining air and water quality, rapid population growth – it can seem overwhelmin…
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Events
- 02.10.18 > 04.10.18
Asia Water Forum 2018
Read more6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550 Manila, Philippines - 04.10.18
The Future of the Commons
Read moreWashington, USA - 09.07.18 > 18.07.18
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
Read moreNew York City, USA - 12.07.18
Water Security in a Changing World
Read moreWashington, DC, USA - 23.04.18 > 25.04.18
2018 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
Read more - 13.03.18
International Workshop on Assessing Models of Public-Private Partnership for Irrigation Development (AMPPPIDA)
Read moreAccra, Ghana
Publications
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Heat and adult health in China
02.11.18- Climate
- Environment
- Health
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The G20, global trade and investment regimes, and a sustainable food future
02.11.18- Environment
- Prosperity
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Health and nutritional aspects of sustainable diet strategies and their association with environmental impacts: A global modelling analysis with country-level detail
26.10.18- Climate
- Environment
- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
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Review of “Drip irrigation for agriculture: Untold stories of efficiency, innovation, and development” (Venot, Kuper and Zwarteveen, 2017)
25.10.18- Environment
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Viewing agricultural water management through a systems analysis lens
24.10.18- Environment
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Identifying suitable carp and prawn nursing practices under changing environmental cycle and developing their business model by linking with market and farmers
23.10.18- Environment
- Nutrition
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