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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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A thriving community of women seed producers
10.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It started with just three women farmers who were part of a pilot from Pagou…
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Water impact: When over 15,000 tanks were restored, how did lives of smallholder farmers change?
10.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Soil, water and socio-economic impact of Telangana state government’s Mission Kakatiya to be asses…
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Tying up with one of China’s oldest agri-science academies to accelerate modern research pursuits
10.08.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To foster joint academic and research pursuits and to explore future collaborative ventures, the Zhe…
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Feeling the pulse: Towards better self-sufficiency in pulses in India
26.07.18A multi-pronged approach including quality seed availability and increased profitability for farmers…
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Bolstering NARS partners with systems modeling training
18.07.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The use of systems modeling tools and decision support systems can be of great advantage…
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Bhoochetana: An exceptional story of innovation scale-up bringing prosperity to over 4 million farmers
10.07.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In May 2009, farmers in the state of Karnataka were facing declining crop yields and…
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India gets its first biofortified sorghum
06.07.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
India’s first biofortified sorghum (jowar), with significantly higher iron and zinc than regular s…
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ICRISAT declared as Centre of Excellence for tribal development
29.06.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Govt. of India declared ICRISAT as Centre of Excellence to support…
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Walmart Foundation invests nearly US$2M in ‘Farmer Market Readiness Program’ in India
27.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Over 6000 farmers in Andhra Pradesh will move to an improved business model for better…
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Using Photovoice to assess impacts of behavior change nutrition activities in Kenya
05.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Novel ways are being explored to make nutrition interventions more effective and efficient in Kenya.…
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Africa’s first biofortified pearl millet variety aims to combat anaemia
01.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
For millions of women and children in Africa anaemia is a significant public health concern—and…
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Major step forward in chickpea and pigeonpea research – reference genome data assembled
26.05.18-
Nutrition
Breeding high nutritional varieties of chickpea and pigeonpea just got easier. With new technology, …
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Joining the dots between crops, livestock and markets in West Africa
25.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
A project that aims to strengthen research in crop-livestock systems, to substantially change lives …
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Launching the Millet Song – 'To Gain'!
22.05.18-
Food security
A good idea needs strong messages and inspiring champions. The Smart Food initiative has been…
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Groundnut researchers in Asia move towards modernization of breeding program
16.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The first meeting of the Groundnut Network Group-Asia (GNG-A) on 30-31 March 2018 at ICRISAT-India…
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Platform for innovation and collaboration strengthened at AgMIP7
14.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
AgMIP, a unique community of practice for innovation, provided a pathway on addressing major global…
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Strategic investments and Scientific Award announcements mark ICRISAT’s 84th Board Meeting
11.05.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The announcement of new strategic investments for research, marked the 84th meeting of ICRISAT’s G…
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