Yellow maize varieties are widely grown particularly in tropical lowlands of West and Central Africa, and they contain very low levels of provitamin A. CGIAR-IITA, in fulfilling its mandate to transform agriculture and increase food production, is developing a wide range of staple varieties and bio-fortified crops that address micronutrient deficiencies. Using conventional breeding techniques, IITA researchers harnessed the novel genes
Battle against Hunger In 2020, 828 million people globally went hungry and almost 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics. Despite India now being a middle-income country, it continues to struggle with food security, malnutrition, and rising levels of anemia among women and children. In recent years, there have been
by Alan de Brauw OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The mobile money revolution has begun to substantially increase financial access around the world. Mobile money accounts allow people previously excluded from the formal financial sector to access savings accounts, make payments to merchants, and make person-to-person transfers, among other services. Research has shown that mobile money access can have important effects on key
by Joseph Glauber and Charlotte Hebebrand OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Policies to boost biofuel production and use—crop subsidies, mandates, and other measures—came under intense scrutiny during the food price spikes of 2007/08, 2010/11, and 2012/13. As prices of maize, grains, oilseeds, and other feedstocks rose in those crises—more than doubling in some cases—critics pointed to their increasing use in biofuel production
More than 50 team members of the Agroecology Initiative gathered in Tunisia in March 2023 for a Pause and Reflect workshop. This activity was part of a CGIAR guided adaptive management process and efficiently co-organized by the enthusiastic ICARDA initiative team based in Tunisia. The event was also the opportunity for participants who represented eight country teams to adjust work
Click to read the English version El sistema alimentario es un conjunto complejo de procesos que involucra la producción y consumo de alimentos, y está influenciado por factores económicos, sociales, políticos, ambientales y demográficos. Recientemente, se experimentó un ejemplo de ello en Colombia, donde un deslizamiento de tierra sobre la vía panamericana en Rosas, al sur del Cauca, afectó la
Sweetpotato has great potential for improving food security, nutrition, and income, which is why scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) and an array of partners have helped more than six million African households adopt improved varieties over the past decade. CIP has worked closely with agricultural research institutions across Africa and Asia on breeding and selection to ensure that more farmers
Leading agricultural economist from Vietnam highlights the ways their national government reformed the agricultural sector resulting in sustained growth and export production and expansion. BENGALURU, India (4 April 2023) – At the core of the Vietnamese agricultural revolution are the reforms in agricultural policies from land access and enhancing the productivity and efficiency of farmers, said Dr. Cao Đức Phát,