Farmers in the Mekong River Delta get new options for saline crop production

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Global climate change represents an existential threat to many of the world’s most vulnerable farm…

IWMI receives the 2020 GEO Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Award

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

This is in recognition of the Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) product developed by IWMI scientist…

Digital revolution can transform agri-food systems

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Big data

A digital transformation is changing the face of international research for development and agri-foo…

Flattening the curve on foodborne illness and its costs in Africa

International Potato Center (CIP)

Food security
Health

BY STEVEN JAFFEE AND DELIA GRACE Third of a series of blog posts on the…

“Virtual” Borlaug-Raun Internship Produces Actual Results

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Jan Low of the International Potato Center appeared at the 2020 World Food Prize in…

ICARDA scientists win the Crop Science Society of America 2020 Outstanding Paper Award

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

ICARDA scientists win the Crop Science Society of America 2020 Outstanding Paper Award ICARDA is…

Boosting African agricultural growth and transformation: The importance of producer organizations

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY FLEUR WOUTERSE AND AMY FAYE Second in a series of blog posts on the…

In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa

International Potato Center (CIP)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Rising food demand and a shrinking rural labor pool have made the need for tractors…

Farming Families Worldwide Are Increasingly Growing More Than One Biofortified Crop

HarvestPlus

02.11.20

Food security
Nutrition

The global nutrition community, increasingly focused on holistic approaches to improving diets, is p…

COVID pandemic overshadows Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security

02.11.20

Nutrition

On the 11th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security, governments and development partners face…

Cattle coming in from the fields in the evening in Lhate Village, Chokwe, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

One Health in action: Research by ILRI and partners improves the health of people, animals and the environment

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

01.11.20

Health

The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought into sharp focus the interconnectedn…

Informal food retail in Africa’s cities: governance, politics, policy issues

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

31.10.20

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

To mark UN World Cities Day (Oct.31), new PIM Synthesis Brief summarizes recent research on…

Crop Modeling community of practice

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

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

Big data

The Community of Practice on Crop Modeling is part of the CGIAR Platform for Big…

Aflatoxin rapid detection technology wins Big Data Inspire Challenge 2020

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Health
Nutrition

A little box that can predict the amount of harmful aflatoxin contained in a handful…

In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA, XINSHEN DIAO AND PATRICK OHENE ABOAGYE First of a series of blog…

How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR

CGIAR