In memoriam – Kakhramon Djumaboev

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security

Rwanda’s Fourth Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation (PSTA IV) presents an ambitious r…

What ails India’s free trade agreements?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing membership in the Reg…

People undergo temperature screenings at a building in Chengdu, China. Restrictions to control COVID-19 have slowed economies but not yet seriously disrupted food security.

As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet

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

Food security
Health

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly. So far, more than 116,000 cases and o…

“Participatory” water and wastewater governance: an enabling development approach...or business as usual?

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Citizens’ participation in water resources management is a buzz word that has received attention f…

Amazon rainforest could disappear within 50 years, scientists report

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Large scale ecosystems the size of the Amazon forests could collapse within 50 years and…

Policy seminar: The changing challenges of hidden hunger

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

Health
Nutrition

Global efforts to improve nutrition require approaches that focus on the entire food system, leading…

This 18th century sketch might be the map to our agro-ecological transformation

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

To tackle today’s planetary-scale challenges of biodiversity loss and chemical pollution, tame sol…

Ethiopia has a Nobel Prize and a fast-growing economy. Can it also gain a food secure future?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Ethiopia is now Africa’s fastest-growing economy, and this week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is rece…

More than a bank: Rethinking the IADB

International Potato Center (CIP)

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Second of two parts. Read the first here. As the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) enters it…

“The Potato Crop” receives enthusiastic reception: An interview with co-editors

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Continue reading “The Potato Crop” receives enthusiastic reception: An interview with co-editors…

A woman in Rwanda holds a tub of biofortified climbing beans. Biofortified crops, on their way to feeding 1 billion people by 2030, have proven an effective way to improve diets, reflecting the close connections between agriculture and nutrition.

Study shows high-iron beans improve women’s physical performance

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Nutrition

Iron-biofortified beans improved iron status and physical performance of iron-deficient Rwandan wome…

Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…

No time to waste: Tropical forests become source of global warming