News
Featured news
-
The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
24.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Imagine going to your local market and finding empty shelves or skyrocketing prices for basic…
Read more -
-
CGIAR’s new flagship report will help decision-makers transform food, land, and water systems
17.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
-
Environmental health & biodiversity
-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
-
Nutrition, health & food security
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the world faces unprecedented environmental and social challenges, CGIAR—the global partnership…
Read more -
-
CGIAR and CIFOR-ICRAF agree to strengthened collaboration
12.06.24To address the pressing challenges facing global food systems, CGIAR and The Center for Internationa…
Read more -
CGIAR and Brazil forge new partnership to strengthen food system resilience
12.06.24In a move to enhance agricultural resilience, the Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrap…
Read more -
Famine in Gaza
18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
Read more -
-
CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
Read more
Filters
-
First public research facility to put agriculture on fast-forward launched at ICRISAT
21.02.20-
Biodiversity
-
Food security
Efforts to modernize crop breeding took a giant leap today with the unveiling of ICRISAT’s…
Read more -
-
Empowering young scientists with new skills to develop genomic-assisted climate-resilient crops
21.02.20-
Biodiversity
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recent training course sought to enable young scientists, professors and breeders in the area…
Read more -
-
MEDIA RELEASE| Growing trees on farms in post-soviet Kyrgyzstan faces significant obstacles but there are ways to overcome them: first study’s results
20.02.20-
Biodiversity
-
Environmental health
Nairobi, Kenya. 20 February 2020 – Small plot-sizes, as well as lack of information and external…
Read more -
-
Planting trees or growing them. Do the words matter for restoring land?
17.02.20-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Every year, millions of dollars are spent on attempting to restore landscapes to health by…
Read more -
-
Projects funded by Germany make a difference to people, trees, ecology
12.02.20-
Biodiversity
-
Gender equality
Grants from BMZ enrich and push boundaries at World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Each year, seeking ‘innov…
Read more -
-
Back to where they came from
11.02.20-
Biodiversity
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has embarked on a project to return…
Read more -
-
Working together with the Makueni County Government to combat land degradation
07.02.20-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Drylands cover more than 40% of the world’s land surface and are home to more…
Read more -
-
Humboldt’s 'Naturgemälde' can pave the way for lasting agro-ecological transitions
29.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Environmental health
Chimborazo—the indestructible, snow-capped “throne of nature,” as Simón Bolívar called the i…
Read more -
-
Brussels Development Briefing: How local application of agroecological principles can transform food systems
28.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Food security
Leading agricultural scientist calls for transformation of the world’s food systems to align with …
Read more -
-
Preserving potato genetic diversity for the future
27.01.20-
Biodiversity
The potato has saved countless millions from famine over the centuries and it has the…
Read more -
-
MEDIA RELEASE | Oil-palm agroforestry: a solution for two out of three of Indonesia’s ‘economic diplomacy’ issues
23.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nairobi, Kenya. 22 January 2020 — The Government of Indonesia has prioritized three ‘economic …
Read more -
-
Reversing desertification in Andhra Pradesh: a case for ‘engagement landscapes’
22.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
he government of the Indian state is speeding up efforts to return land to productivity…
Read more -
-
Climate-smart rice cultivation: combating global warming without sacrificing yields
20.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
‘Climate-smart’ rice cultivation — a set of environmentally-friendly agricultural practices …
Read more -
-
National and sub-national workshops, Mbale, Uganda
14.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Food security
A venue in Mbale, Eastern Uganda was selected to host the InPaC-S national workshop. It…
Read more -
-
Tokyo strives to build resilience with city trees and healthy farmlands around it
14.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
By some accounts, Tokyo is the world's largest city, with a population of 37 million. So,…
Read more -
-
Diet crisis in Africa’s low income urban zones but transition to nutritious foods possible
08.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest global agricultural research network, has traditionally focused on rura…
Read more -
-
When pastures are not green in the eyes of the youth
06.01.20-
Biodiversity
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
When you go to the Philippines’ Cordillera Administrative Region, your initial reaction might be t…
Read more -
-
As fires rage in Brazil, a new book shows how agroforestry can heal damaged land
18.12.19-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Agroforestry systems (AFS), which combine trees and crops on the same land, can increase productivit…
Read more -