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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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International training in agroforestry for policy makers
06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Twenty-six mid-level policymakers from Africa and Asia — Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, Malawi, M…
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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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Nurture soil as our food and climate insurance
05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Kassim Massi and Joyce Makawa have learned how conservation agriculture nurtures the soil of their…
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Aljazeera.com: Forget about water at your peril
05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
IWMI's Rachael McDonnell stresses the need for a more central role for water in climate…
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Adaptations Thirst: Accelerating the Convergence of Water and Climate Action
05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate-resilient water management should be the unifying agenda for water and climate change adapta…
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Is research capturing the multiple, overlapping climate risks farmers face?
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Second in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under…
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Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health
04.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Healthy soils are vital to human survival. They play a pivotal role in feeding global…
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Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adopting water-saving technology is not enough on its own to stem groundwater depletion in the…
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Scaling out climate-smart agriculture in southern Africa
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adoption rates for climate-smart agricultural practices remain low in many of the countries which st…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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Alternative meat can sustain food systems
26.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Pork prices in China have increased significantly of late thanks to an African swine fever…
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Claudia Sadoff featured in Stockholm Water Front
26.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In an interview for the Stockholm Water Front magazine Claudia Sadoff raises awareness of the…
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Putting new-age agronomy to test in Indian farms
22.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
A group of farmers in India’s Telangana state is breaking new ground in their farms…
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Gambling and scrambling: betting on trees for biodiversity
22.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The farmer set the stage: as relatives and neighbours crowded around, he borrowed research scientist…
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Can we ignore risk when we study the effects of climate change on agriculture? Research in Zambia tells us that we should not
20.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate change is already affecting vulnerable populations in many developing countries and those im…
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Transforming agriculture: The role of agroforestry
20.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The need to transform our global food system has already been well established. Tony Simons,…
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Managing El Niño and La Niña in agriculture in Southeast Asia
15.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Southeast Asian countries are subjected to extreme climatic events such as massive floods or drought…
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Why tree diversity in agroforestry matters: perspectives from the Comoros archipelago
12.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The island of Anjouan in the Comoros has experienced one of the highest deforestation rates…
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