How does the concept of resilience contribute to the food security agenda, especially to our understanding and ability to design and implement interventions to address food insecurity and humanitarian crises? Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context, a new open-access book edited by Christophe Béné and Stephen Devereux, tackles these questions in a series of chapters written by
Many analyses model the impacts of climate change on various aspects of food systems. However, few of these are used to contribute directly towards solving the problems that the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals seek to address – such as ending hunger, improving food and nutrition security, and promoting sustainable agriculture. Modeling for food system transformation needs to be focused squarely
Siraj Ismail Kayondo, a Research scientist at CGIAR–IITA, is making a significant impact in the cassava industry with his in-depth research on the genetic architecture of Cassava Brown Streak Virus Disease (CBSD) resistance. Through his PhD research and experience as a forage breeder at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), Kayondo brings a vast pool of knowledge and expertise to his role as part
CGIAR, in collaboration with Wageningen University, has developed a free online course on innovation and scaling with Spanish and French versions. The course is divided into six modules providing answers to queries such as the meaning of innovation, how innovations are scaled as part of packages, understanding why gender and diversity matter in relation to innovation and scaling, and how to support
The EU-DeSIRA Malawi team comprising Program Manager Marco Vacirca and Finance Manager Chapresto Cortes Maria visited on-farm trials at Mulanje and Salima and on-station at Chitala Research Station from 6 to 9 March. The CGIAR centers showcasing their trials were IITA, CIMMYT, CIP, CIAT, ICRISAT, IFPRI, WorldFish, and ICRAF. DeSIRA (Climate-smart innovations to improve productivity, profitability, and sustainability of agriculture and
For a long time, stereotype threat has kept women and girls from unleashing their full potential. Women begin to perceive themselves as risks rather than positive addition to society. This has limited their performance in all aspects of life, including their families and careers. To address the issue of stereotypes, the Women In Research and Science (WIRES) ERG and Gender, Diversity and
The Embassy of the Norwegian Kingdom in Mali has granted additional funding to the CSAT-Mali project to expand its activities to other localities. The new agreement was officially signed on 17 March during a visit of Her Excellency the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Mali, Mrs Rigmor Elianne Koti, to the IITA Sahel Hub based in Bamako. During an entire
A new approach to controlling weeds in cassava will make life easier for millions of women smallholder farmers who produce the majority of the crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Weeding is a tedious activity for smallholder farmers, but a new cutting-edge weed control method holds the promise of freeing women farmers from the drudgery of controlling weeds using the hoe