Food Security
Yield increases of staple crops have flatlined, struggling to keep pace with growing demand. Agricultural output must increase in harmony with the natural environment by improving access to quality inputs, extension services and innovations along the value chain
CGIAR and the Sustainable Development Goals
CGIAR research to improve food security and nutrition contributes strongly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and targets for the 2030 agenda, to address:
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News
Regenerating crop wild relatives in the Fertile Crescent
18.09.18- Biodiversity
- Food Security
ICARDA is regenerating massive amounts of crop wild relatives in their place of origin –…
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IRRI-supported Rice Corp wins the prestigious Hult Prize
18.09.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
September 16, New York, USA -- Rice Corp (currently known as SunRice), in partnership with…
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Forests: an overlooked resource for tackling micronutrient deficiency
17.09.18- Food Security
A study by the University of Vermont’s Gund Institute argues that forests are an overlooked re…
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Consumers willing to pay a premium for sustainably produced rice, a new study shows
13.09.18- Food Security
- Prosperity
Through behavioral market experiments, they elicited consumers’ willingness to pay for rice produc…
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New study examines socio-economic effects of training informal milk vendors in Kenya
12.09.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
Training of milk vendors in Kenya’s informal dairy sector could be a pathway to progressively…
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IRRI, World Bank team up to strengthen post-harvest management in Myanmar
12.09.18- Food Security
A robust seed system is the "backbone" of a vibrant rice production sector. To strengthen…
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Events
- 12.09.18
How the development agenda is evolving: implications for policy research
Read moreWashington, DC, USA - 01.10.18
Food Citizenship
Read moreWashington, USA - 27.09.18
Economic Growth, Convergence and Agricultural Economics
Read moreWashington, USA - 03.10.18 > 05.10.18
Decoding the Data Ecosystem: Big Data in Agriculture Convention
Read moreWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) United Nations Avenue Nairobi, Kenya - 13.11.18
Foresight @CGIAR
Read moreUniversity of Washington Seattle, United States - 16.09.18 > 19.09.18
Tropentag 2018
Read moreGent, Belgium
Publications
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The cost of transporting cereals in West Africa
15.09.18- Food Security
- Prosperity
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Do vaccination interventions have effects? A study on how poultry vaccination interventions change smallholder farmer knowledge, attitudes, and practice in villages in Kenya and Tanzania
12.09.18- Food Security
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Agricultural mechanization in the dry zone of Myanmar
11.09.18- Food Security
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Mutual accountability in CAADP and agricultural transformation
11.09.18- Food Security
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From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
11.09.18- Food Security
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Overview of the fertilizer supply chain and market structure in Africa: A cross-country assessment
07.09.18- Food Security
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