Book launch: Transforming the global food system in a politically polarized world

CGIAR Kicks Off the CWANA Consultations

CGIAR Kicks Off the CWANA Consultations Early this July, CGIAR invited over 120 delegates from…

Private sector using solar suitability tool and maps to expand solar pump supply chains across Africa

As climate change threatens water and food security in Africa, small solar pumps could irrigate…

CIMMYT announces new Director General ad interim

Today the Board of Trustees of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announc…

Improving food donation policies is key to fighting food waste

BY EMILY BROAD LEIB AND DOUG O'BRIEN As much as one third of all food produced is…

2021 Synthesis of Learning from a Decade of CGIAR Research Programs Unpacks ‘Big Picture’ Insights, Lessons, and Actionable Recommendations for One CGIAR

Six key principles for improving agricultural water productivity

Over two billion people already live in areas experiencing high water stress, and that number…

UNFSS Science Days: Groundwater can play a key role in transforming Africa’s food systems

BY CLAUDIA RINGLER Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pi…

Roots and tubers can help households to weather storms

When super-typhoon Ompong blasted through the northern Philippines in September 2018, farmers who gr…

Farmers prefer locally bred CBSD-resistant cassava clones in DRC

The USAID-funded Action to Control Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in the Democratic Republic of…

IITA to strengthen collaboration with BUK

An IITA-Kano delegation led by Station Head Alpha Kamara visited the Vice-Chancellor Bayero Universi…

Improved eating: Healthy benefits of fortified snacks

Eating healthy snacks is one way to combat poor nutrition, while legumes can replace animal-based…

ENABLE-TAAT provides youth networking platform at Tanzania open day

ENABLE-TAAT has held the Tanzanian edition of its open day to increase youth inclusion and…

Putting youth at the heart of aquatic food system transformations

Young people today step into the world at a critical crossroads for our food systems.…

My First Dialogue on the Path to the 2021 Food Systems Summit

By Erika Eliana MosqueraI had heard about the Food Systems Summit, the major event the…

UNFSS Science Days: Reforming agricultural policies to support food systems transformation

According to the OECD’s recently released 2021 Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Repor…

COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level

The course and effects of COVID-19 have exposed new vulnerabilities in our global food system.…

UNFSS Science Days: Promise of the commons for sustainable and equitable food systems

BY HAGAR ELDIDI AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK The commons (natural resources held and used collectively) sup…

Resolving tensions between global development goals and local aspirations

The Sustainable Development Goals – a set of 17 globally agreed-upon targets for the year 2030 â…