Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa

Sustainable intensification of farming systems

Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) is the most water-stressed region in the world and has large yield gaps resulting associated with poor on-farm agronomic management practices leading to poor resource efficiency, low farm income, and food insecurity resulting in a heavy dependence on imports for major food crops. The region’s insufficient knowledge and service delivery infrastructure, capacity and enabling policies are key bottlenecks for producers, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and value chain actors to access resources to manage and mitigate risks.

Researchers are working to tackle these challenges by building capacity, developing bundled innovations targeted to local conditions, and developing policies to tackle bottlenecks and improve access to resources for managing and mitigating risk.

Read about the Initiative’s other focus areas:

• Creating innovations for the transformation of agrifood systems
• Facilitating climate-resilient food and nutrition security
• Integrated systems for climate-resilient landscapes
• Innovations and digital tools for climate-resilient food value chains