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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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Policy seminar: Rebuilding food and agricultural research institutions in a post-pandemic world
16.02.21-
Food security
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Health
BY HONOR DEARLOVE The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges to publicly-funded food and agricult…
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Can sports and life skills programs improve labor force outcomes for vulnerable youth?
11.02.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY LORI BEAMAN, SYLVAN HERSKOWITZ, NIALL KELEHER AND JEREMY MAGRUDER Around the world, youth play…
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Does bottom-up monitoring improve public services? What we found in Uganda
09.02.21-
Gender equality
BY BJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT AND CAROLINE MIEHE In many developing countries, poor delivery of public…
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How women’s empowerment can expand crop diversification as a climate adaptation strategy in Bangladesh
05.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
BY ELIZABETH BRYAN, ALEX DE PINTO, GREG SEYMOUR, PRAPTI BHANDARY AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN Bangladesh’…
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Model: Rising seas may not drive population away from Bangladesh’s vulnerable coast
03.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY VALERIE MUELLER, ANDREW REID BELL AND HONOR DEARLOVE Climate change-driven sea level rise is…
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Study: Feeling relatively poor increases support for women in the workplace – but men still don’t want them making household decisions
01.02.21-
Gender equality
Feeling poor relative to others can spur families to support women in pursuing work outside…
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Ethiopia’s social safety net effective in limiting COVID-19 impacts on rural food insecurity
28.01.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY KIBROM A. ABAY, GUUSH BERHANE, JOHN HODDINOTT AND KIBROM TAFERE Multiple studies have documented…
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Policy seminar: Tackling the double burden of malnutrition with double-duty actions
27.01.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
The double burden of malnutrition—the combination of undernutrition (stunting, wasting, and micron…
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Book: Global perspectives on agricultural development
26.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY KEIJIRO OTSUKA AND SHENGGEN FAN While agricultural development has long been linked to increased…
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WEF event: Building gender equitable food systems
13.01.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
By SOKHNA SALL SECK Empowering women and girls and the recognition and respect of their…
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Forman Lecture: Ellen Piwoz’s playbook for the future of global nutrition
12.01.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN When Ellen Piwoz joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007, th…
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Agricultural value chain finance can help drive Myanmar’s agricultural growth
11.01.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SIDDHARTHA BASU, ALAN DE BRAUW, KHIN PWINT OO AND RUSSELL TOTH Surrounded by some…
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New India National Family Health Survey data shows worrying trends on anemia, overweight
08.01.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Children's heights are a bellwether indicator for all the things that can go wrong, or…
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Big costs, bigger rewards: How $33 billion in spending each year can help end hunger sustainably by 2030
07.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA The Ceres2030 project has shown the urgent need for additional investments—a…
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Policy seminar: Prospects for the African Continental Free Trade Area
05.01.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF On Jan. 1, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) formally took…
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Policy seminar: The hidden world of informal African trade
04.01.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF Millions of people in Africa rely on informal trade for their livelihoods.…
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Policy seminar: Expanding policy research to strengthen Eurasia’s food systems
29.12.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Along with other regions of the world, Eurasia has been hit hard…
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Policy seminar: Promoting recovery and resilience for Latin America’s agrifood industry
22.12.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY ADRIANA CAMPOS, JONATHAN HEPBURN AND VALERIA PIÑEIRO The COVID-19 pandemic has presented serious…
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