by Joseph Glauber OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The Russia-Ukraine war has caused significant price volatility in agricultural markets over the past year—for wheat, in particular, price levels and price volatility reached the highest levels since the 2007/08 marketing year. Both have fallen back to pre-war levels over the past six months, but volatility remains high relative to historical levels (Figure
Featured image: “A group of researchers with diverse background amazed at chatgpt response on computer screen in a digital art style” (Generated by DALL-E, March 10, 2023) By Jawoo Koo (IFPRI), Medha Devare (IITA), Brian King (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT). 2023 will be remembered as the year when the communication barrier between human and machine intelligence was breached, as online chatbots such
An international collaboration of world-leading scientists led by ICARDA Morocco has delivered six ground-breaking new durum wheat and barley varieties tolerant to increasingly severe droughts ravaging the region. As the climate crisis intensifies, so too do the frequency and strength of drought episodes, especially in dryland countries such as Morocco, which has experienced unprecedented droughts in the last decade. The
En los últimos años, los países han sufrido diversas crisis —climáticas o económicas—. Estas tendencias sugieren la necesidad de que los países sean más resistentes. La formulación de políticas sería fundamental para ello. Una iniciativa del CGIAR pretende fortalecer la formulación de políticas en varios países fomentando la coherencia de las políticas y estrategias nacionales (NPS) – por sus siglas
In recent years, countries have suffered various crises – climate or economic. These trends suggest the need for countries to be more resilient. Policy formulation would be central to this. A CGIAR initiative aims to strengthen policymaking in several countries by fostering coherence of national policies and strategies (NPS). In this interview, Dr. Augusto Castro, who leads the research area
by Derek Headey and Elisa Maffioli OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Myanmar—its economy, society, and political system—finds itself in tragic circumstances, with deep, prolonged, and multifaceted hardships falling upon its people. During the 2010s, the country made substantial progress addressing some of its longstanding problems. Poverty and malnutrition were still widespread (in 2015-16, one third of preschool children were stunted and
To strengthen its strategy, cooperation, and results management, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) conducted its Annual Meeting and Pause, Reflect, and Plan Workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 14 to 17 March 2023. The workshop aims to provide a space for national partners and OneCGIAR scientists to reflect on the progress and achievements of the AMD Initiative in
IRRI Education, the educational arm of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), is driving efforts to strengthen its online learning platform through the introduction of over 50 microlearning modules or micromodules. “This endeavor is reaching new heights of disseminating cutting-edge technologies, and knowledge riding on IRRI’s research and innovations to a broader audience and fostering development in rice sciences,” said