CGIAR is pleased to announce that current System Board member, Patrick Caron, has been appointed Vice Chair of the CGIAR System Board. In this newly created role, Patrick Caron will work in close collaboration with the Board Chair to promote adherence to best practice governance standards for the Board and its operations; and to perform high-level outreach to governments, international institutions,
5th of March 2023- Wad Madani, Gezira Station, Sudan CGIAR and Sudan’s Agricultural Research Coorportation (ARC) conducted a capacity development session on good agronomic practices and participatory research for sustainable intensification as part of CGIAR’s Fragility to Resilience (F2R)-CWANA Initiative. Thirty-two trainees from ARC, the University of Gezira, and FAO attended the session representing different disciplines vital to building
To produce better crop varieties faster, breeding programs need to adopt the best services and technologies. In the past, CGIAR has sometimes lacked access or faced duplication or inefficiencies in providing or accessing these services. But, all these challenges are changing as the One CGIAR system and Breeding Resources Initiative move into their second year. Breeding programs can now expect
On-farm demonstration trials using organic reduced tillage and rice straw mulching for potato crops at the ISARC experimental field in Varanasi. (Photo: ISARC) In India, potato is the most important food crop after rice, wheat, and maize. Reduced-tillage potato cultivation is a sustainable and effective technique for organic farming that offers numerous benefits to farmers and the environment, particularly soil
Mentorship plays a fundamental role in the lives of young people, providing them with the connections, skills and opportunities necessary to succeed in their personal and professional lives. Throughout his career, Wellington Ekaya, head of Capacity Development at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), has epitomized what it means to be a transformational mentor for young people. Over the course
Experts call for more and longer-term funding to tackle systemic causes of hunger and break the cycle of emergency food aid as World Bank meets in Washington D.C. April 13, London – Ending global hunger is an “affordable goal” despite the ongoing food crisis but requires a rethink of development aid and finance, according to a new report. Analysis carried out
April 13, 2023, Washington, D.C. The 2023 Global Food Policy Report, released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today, offers critical evidence that can help policymakers, the private sector, and the international development community heed calls for a more proactive response to food system shocks. In 2022, the world faced multiple crises that added to the rising numbers of hungry
CGIAR innovations via ICARDA considered as key pillars of the strategy. Authors of this blog: Aymen Frija, Véronique Alary (ICARDA Tunisia) CGIAR Initiatives on Agroecology and Livestock and Climate held a national workshop on “Developing a National Strategy for promoting Feed and Forage Resources in Tunisia” in March 2023. ICARDA, and its key partners in Tunisia (namely the Bureau of