ICARDA hosts the CGIAR System Council and Independent Science for Development Council in Morocco

International Potato Center (CIP)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Gender equality

As the magnitude, intensity, and frequency of weather extremes increases uncertainty and risks to l…

Pest management requires holistic solutions to mobile challenges

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Health

Smallholder farming produces 50% of the world’s food and holds great promise for strengthening g…

Predicting economic impact from restoring forests and landscapes: lessons from Ethiopia

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Environmental health
Food security

In a world where the well-being of 3.2 billion people is undermined by the degradation…

Shared waters and data exchange – the gap between principle and practice

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Environmental health

Exchanging data across borders in transboundary basins is key to averting disasters, managing risks,…

A knowledge revolution

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

The key to transforming food production systems globally lies in knowledge management processes, acc…

Collective effort, irrespective of gender, need of the day for better, safer workplaces for women

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Environmental health
Gender equality

Gender parity cannot be achieved by putting the onus of it on one gender; joint…

A cross-section of the participants of the training session. Photo: D Adogoba, CSIR-SARI

Special training sessions initiated for young women and hearing-impaired youth in Ghana

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

To unlock the potential of youth in agriculture, we need targeted, inclusive interventions that appe…

A glimpse of the workshop at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. Photo: B Ramanagouda, ICRISAT

Creating a team of young scientists equipped with tech tools to fight pests and diseases

Big data
Climate adaptation & mitigation

A recent workshop on pest and disease modeling for crops was conducted for young scientists…

Study Shows Biofortified Maize Improves Vitamin A Content of Breast Milk

HarvestPlus

Food security
Nutrition

A new study shows that eating maize biofortified with vitamin A increased the levels of this impo…

Dinavance Kyomuhendo: A Self-Made Entrepreneur and Biofortification Champion from Uganda

HarvestPlus

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Nutrition

Dinavance Kyomuhendo, 43, from the Nalweyo sub-county in the Kakumiro district, Uganda, is a single…

Africa’s processed food revolution and the double burden of malnutrition

Food security
Nutrition

BY SWATI MALHOTRA AND ROB VOS In recent decades, economic growth in Africa south of…

Low-cost technology boosts women’s livelihoods amidst pandemic in Bangladesh

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