Fighting climate change requires a comprehensive strategy that spans energy, transport, and, crucially, food and agriculture. Halting deforestation and adopting sustainable practices in irrigation, biodiversity management, and land use, are imperative. Plant breeding can help.
Improving small-scale producers’ resilience and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from food systems.
More than ever before, remote evaluations and evaluation approaches that require a rapid and cost-effective assessment of research for development (R4D) interventions are being sought. Such approaches, while not covering the full gamut of evaluation criteria or in-depth exploration of cross-cutting themes, have the potential to bring top-level evidence to decision-makers in a short turnaround time. The CGIAR System Council
A series of studies reveals the concerning extent of food insecurity, soil erosion and productivity challenges in four countries where NATURE+ conducts research. Greater implementation of sustainable nature-positive activities and women’s empowerment interventions, strengthening community-based approaches, and enhancing market integration could provide multiple fixes. But these solutions require engagement with communities and multisectoral coordination by governments and implementing agencies. The
Climate change deep dive
CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow recently hosted a public webinar on licensing agreements, in partnership with New Markets Lab (NML). This article brings together the questions raised by participants during the webinar, presented here in a Q&A format to clarify key concepts, address common challenges, and share practical insights on licensing for seed delivery.
By Dolapo Enahoro, Charles Mensah, and Sika Gbegbelegbe Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in the future, and the body of research exploring these challenges is growing rapidly. This note is part of a series developed by the CGIAR Foresight Initiative to summarize what we know today about the future of various aspects of food systems. The goal of these