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With 24 interventions from six partner centers, the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology will be well represented at this year’s Tropentag, to take place from 11-13 September in Vienna, Austria. The team will organize 5 pre-conference workshops, make five oral presentations and present 14 posters covering the different work packages of the initiative. These interventions provide a deep dive into the

AgriLAC Resiliente is a CGIAR Regional Initiative that seeks to improve the livelihoods of producers in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the support of national governments, the private sector, civil society, and regional and global donors and partners. AgriLAC will also benefit farmers in Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru. Tegucigalpa, June 30, 2022 – Latin America and

This year's theme of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, Senegal was “Africa’s Youth: Leading Collaboration, Innovation, and the Implementation of Agri-Food Systems Transformation”

Driving innovation in the Ethiopian agriculture sector is critical if we are to ensure improved food security and livelihoods of farmers in the country. As part of this, solutions need to be developed that are context specific and co-designed by those who are using them. This has been a gap within the research for development framework. The Ukama Ustawi Share

By Dr. Baboucarr Manneh, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Director General In the face of urgent challenges threatening global food security — from climate change to new diseases and other adaptation pressures — we need to breed rice for Africa faster than ever. We must predict how varieties will perform earlier, and we now have tools that let us do exactly

By Dr. Baboucarr Manneh, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Director General In the face of urgent challenges threatening global food security — from climate change to new diseases and other adaptation pressures — we need to breed rice for Africa faster than ever. We must predict how varieties will perform earlier, and we now have tools that let us do exactly

Authors of this blog:   Ayan Samaddar, Research Associate, World Fish-India & Sarah Freed, Scientist, World Fish Dr. Alok Sikka, Country Representative – India, IWMI-Delhi Rice is the primary crop and considered to be a key player for food security and livelihoods in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. The district has been witnessing increasing injudicious use of

Many groundwater studies focus on the physical aspects of groundwater, including extraction rates, recharge, and water levels. As a social scientist, however, Labisha Uprety, a Senior Research Officer in Policy and Water Governance at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Nepal, recognizes the importance of technical research but is personally more interested in asking questions about water management, governance,