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The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
24.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Imagine going to your local market and finding empty shelves or skyrocketing prices for basic…
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CGIAR’s new flagship report will help decision-makers transform food, land, and water systems
17.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the world faces unprecedented environmental and social challenges, CGIAR—the global partnership…
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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…
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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…
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Famine in Gaza
18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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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,…
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High-level Smart Food pitch at Crawford Fund Conference in Australia’s Parliament House
17.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Australian Foreign Minister calls it an ‘exciting breakthrough’ Can we change global diets so th…
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National Planning Commission and IRRI-Nepal hold round table meeting to discuss five-year work plan on the country’s rice agri-food system
16.08.18-
Food security
For more than 50 years, IRRI has been working with Nepal in providing improved germplasm…
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G20 Agriculture Ministers commit to collaborate on healthy, sustainable food future
15.08.18-
Food security
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Health
BY VALERIA PIÑEIRO AND SARA GUSTAFSON The countries that make up the G20 account for around…
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IRRI celebrates National Nutrition Month in the Philippines
15.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Nutrition awareness ramps up in the Philippines during the annual celebration of National Nutrition …
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Trade conflict is a lose-lose game
14.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SHENGGEN FAN After many years of rapid growth, serious trade tensions have emerged between…
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How soil scientists can do a better job of making their research useful
14.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Soil is a vital part of the natural environment. It supports the growth of plants,…
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Pathways from Agricultural Research to Poverty Reduction: A Bigger Set of ‘Food Systems’ Thinking is Required
14.08.18-
Food security
In this interview, Tom Tomich, ex-ISPC member and Professor and Director, Agricultural Sustainabilit…
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Nepal to adopt intensive rice farming technologies to achieve food security
13.08.18-
Food security
As part of his South Asia travel, IRRI’s Director General Matthew Morell had the opportunity…
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An app to help African rice farmers beat weeds
13.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
AfricaRice recently launched a powerful decision-support tool, called RiceAdvice-WeedManager, to hel…
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Aspen New Voices Fellows Andrew Mude and Jemimah Njuki tell of the moments their ag careers ‘took off’
10.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
For your viewing and listening pleasure, here are two short video ‘stories’ by two great…
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Talking nutrition with adolescents in tribal regions of Telangana
09.08.18-
Nutrition
On World Tribal Day (August 9), we examine the importance of nutrition messaging in staving…
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When saying 'see, it works!' isn’t enough: Sharing results from an evaluation of video-mediated extension in Ethiopia
08.08.18-
Food security
BY DAVID J. SPIELMAN, SIMRIN MAKHIJA, GASHAW T. ABATE AND TANGUY BERNARD For many researchers at …
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A4NH and partners convene ANH Academy Week 2018 in Ghana
08.08.18-
Health
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Nutrition
Over 350 scientists from 50 countries met in Accra, Ghana on 25–29 June 2018 to…
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What do equity and equality have to do with it? Insights for food and nutrition from development studies research
07.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Equity and equality are important themes in food and nutrition, but the existing literature has…
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How and why iron-biofortified pearl millet improves cognitive function: A look inside a new study
07.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SAMUEL SCOTT “The human mind is our fundamental resource.” – John F. Kennedy, 1961…
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When ‘Do no harm’ is harder than ‘doing good’
07.08.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
This drawing depicts a traditional ololili dry-season forage reserve maintained by Tanzania’s pas…
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Nigeria workshop seeks to scale up proven technologies, boost aquaculture production in West and Central Africa
07.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Participants from several West and Central African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Iv…
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Aflasafe GH02 launched in Ghana
06.08.18-
Food security
On 29 June 2018, A4NH researchers with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) we…
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