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
Key messages The Government of Kenya has prioritized a bottom-up approach and seeks innovative policy solutions to food systems while working closely with national and international research organisations such as the CGIAR. Digitalization and a vibrant national and international food policy research community in Kenya provide an opportunity to support policy- and decision-makers with state-of-the-art policy solutions in an era
To provide a platform for co-learning and share ideas and opinions from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, and age, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD), in collaboration with Can Tho University and Tra Vinh University, organized a workshop on gender and climate resilience and adaptation for Khmer youth in Tra Vinh, Vietnam. Attended by 30 young ethnic minority students
In the face of complex climate risks in Uganda, maize breeders are ensuring smallholder farmers have access to high-yielding and stress-tolerant maize varieties. Breeding programs from Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and private companies have worked together to reach real progress – and have identified steps to advance even further. A recent
by Katrina Kosec and Johan Swinnen OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 In February 2022, news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated headlines around the world. Policymakers everywhere worried about the potential ripple effects of the invasion on the economic recovery from COVID-19, as well as on political stability — and food and nutrition security. These worries proved to be well-founded: International food
This landmark agreement delivers perpetual, guaranteed funding to conserve the beans and forages collections housed in the CIAT-run Future Seeds genebank in Palmira, Colombia. The Crop Trust will cover a substantial part of the costs of the genebank operations essential to keep some 70,000 seed samples alive and available to researchers, breeders and farmers forever. Future Seeds holds the
Agriculture remains critical for livelihoods and food security in South Asia. Over the last 50 years, agriculture in the region has become more energy-intensive due to the rapid proliferation of groundwater irrigation. The region is home to nearly 25-30 million agricultural pumps, the largest worldwide. These pumps, powered by either dirty diesel or electricity, have been critical for enhancing agricultural
by Agnes Quisumbing OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 I was recently in Rome attending the April 13 launch of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2023 report The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems. I’ve been privileged to work with FAO colleagues as an external expert on two flagship reports on gender: The State of Food and Agriculture 2010-2011—Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap