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Colombia’s Hacienda San José, a cattle ranch that was built on a vision to promote sustainable livestock production in Latin America, has received funding from environmental investor &Green to scale up its operations to cover 180,000 hectares.  &Green specializes in funding businesses involved in commodity production linked to deforestation and helping them to transition to more sustainable agricultural models. They are one

Dhaka, Bangladesh: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in Dhaka. IFPRI, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the BIMSTEC Secretariat, is conducting research and facilitating capacity sharing in the region to help realize BIMSTEC’s

Dr Baboucarr Manneh, a Gambian national, was appointed as Director General of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) by the Council of Ministers of AfricaRice at its Extraordinary Session held on 21 February 2023. His appointment becomes effective 1 April 2023. Dr. Manneh will also take on the role of CGIAR Regional Director, West and Central Africa. In keeping with the

Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute gave an extensive interview to the Daily Star (Bangladesh). Bangladesh should conduct real-time monitoring of imports and national supply chains for critical commodities to forecast and respond in a timely manner to policy challenges and tackle the impacts of the dragging Russia-Ukraine war, said Swinnen. “This should

The Daily Sun (Bangladesh) quotes Johan Swinnen, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Managing Director of Systems Transformation, CGIAR, who spoke with reporters in Dhaka on Sunday before signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IFPRI and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) secretariat. “The global food price spike is expected to

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is the bridge between South and Southeast Asia and a unique regional cooperation initiative in the Bay of Bengal with contiguous nations, high economic growth, and a large market with access to Indian Ocean, write IFPRI’s Devesh Roy, Mamata Pradhan, and Shahidur Rashid in an op-ed published in The Daily Observer (Bangladesh). “Bangladesh is the country

Hacienda San José, a cattle ranch situated in the department of Vichada in Colombia, has set out to produce the most sustainable beef in tropical environments. Co-founders, Paulo Moreira and Gabriel Jaramillo – both former bankers – have made it their mission to create the ‘perfect beef’, taking into account animal welfare, pollution emissions, resource consumption, and the ability to

Appointments across three continents bring research and policy expertise and track records of delivering impact  Dr. Baboucarr Manneh, Director General, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), and CGIAR Regional Director, West and Central Africa;  Dr. Simon Heck, Director General, International Potato Center (CIP), and CGIAR Senior Director;   Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, Director General, WorldFish, and CGIAR Senior Director of Aquatic Foods Systems.