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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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New integrated methodology supports inclusive and resilient global food systems transformation
05.06.21-
Food security
The new methodology developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in co…
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Millets prove tasty solution to climate and food security challenges
04.06.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits, is critical…
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Jordan rehabilitates its vast degraded Badia region at the micro scale
04.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Jordan's arid and degraded Badia region covers nearly 90% of the country's area and hosts…
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The importance of human-centered ecological restoration
04.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
BY JESSICA WALLACH The launch of the United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) will…
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Enlisting the dairy industry to end Colombia’s deforestation crisis
04.06.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Colombia has seen rapidly increasing deforestation, especially in areas of the Amazon rainforest. Th…
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New report examines the impacts of COVID-19 control measures on food safety in East Africa
04.06.21-
Health
Following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), measures to contain its spread …
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Informal food markets: what it takes to make them safer
04.06.21-
Health
Research has shown that improving the safety of food sold in informal markets can be…
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Advances in breeding operations can help deliver vital varieties to smallholder farmers
03.06.21-
Food security
Public breeding operations teams serving lower income countries need to upgrade their skills and too…
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Challenges for policy and research to reduce food loss and waste
03.06.21-
Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA AND ROB VOS Food loss and waste is a substantial global problem,…
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Old knowledge, new techniques – working together to rehabilitate degraded farmland
03.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
For World Environment Day, Mira Haddad, ICARDA’s Associate Researcher in Spatio-temporal Assessme…
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New portal for gender-responsive agricultural research for development
03.06.21-
Gender equality
When it comes to agricultural systems, women and men don’t always see eye to eye.…
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Burkina Faso releases its first pearl millet hybrid
03.06.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
High-yieldng, downy mildew-resistant and suitable for food and fodder. Developed by ICRISATand evalu…
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New project: fostering human rights in food systems
03.06.21-
Food security
The Alliance is part of a multidisciplinary consortium recently awarded $3.8 million to launch the…
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Book: Moving Malawi beyond subsistence agriculture
02.06.21BY TODD BENSON Most of Malawi’s 4 million households still rely primarily on rainfed crop…
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Global Food Policy Report 2021: Food system transformation and the impact of COVID-19 on African economies
01.06.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SOKHNA SALL SECK The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on public health, economic…
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COVID-19 impact on aquatic food systems reveals insights for future resilience
01.06.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The onset of COVID-19 disrupted food value chains and reversed years of progress on key…
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CIP mourns the passing of Ron Gall
31.05.21With heavy hearts, the International Potato Center (CIP) acknowledges the passing of Ron Gall, the…
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Policy-induced market distortions along agricultural value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
28.05.21-
Food security
BY GIRMA KASSIE AND SIMLA TOKGOZ In developing countries where agriculture comprises a significant p…
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