Rethinking food crisis responses: Nigeria launch of the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

International Potato Center (CIP)

Food security

Scaling innovations is one of the biggest challenges facing research and development organizations. …

A simple innovation in Assam is leading to more food between growing seasons

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

As farmers look to grow more food for their families and the marketplace, increasing production…

Young Women Chopping Wood as Group of Boys Watch, Malawi

Does rural Africa have a 'youth problem'?

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

More than 20 million young people aged 15-24 join the workforce in Africa south of…

Guardian.ng: Valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in fast-rising streams

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Nutrition

“For countries to progress, there is a need to invest in a supportive regulatory and…

Avocados in Kenya: What’s holding back smallholder farmers

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security
Gender equality

Kenya is the world’s third largest producer of avocados. It’s also Kenya’s leading fruit exp…

A restored Ngitili system in the Shinyanga Region, Tanzania

Restoring Forests, Restoring Communities: Lessons from Shinyanga

Environmental health

How secure resource rights help communities in Africa restore forests and build local economies “L…

Inclusive business models: making aquaculture value chains work for the poor

WorldFish

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

It is not always clear whether new trends in commercial growth in aquaculture are inclusive…

Press Release: Project makes water from the sun for climate smart farming

International Potato Center (CIP)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.�…

Harnessing the sweetpotato’s potential

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Nutrition

Sweetpotatoes can be grown on marginal land with few inputs, and orange-fleshed varieties can make…

Second Biennial Review report highlights urgent need to accelerate progress toward achieving Malabo Declaration goals by 2025

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders pledged to conduct a continent-wide Biennial Review…

Spraying locust swarm is ineffective – IITA entomologist

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security

As Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya battle huge swarms of desert locusts, great efforts are underway…

Planting trees or growing them. Do the words matter for restoring land?

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Every year, millions of dollars are spent on attempting to restore landscapes to health by…

International Women’s Day 2020

CGIAR GENDER Platform

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

Gender equality

“ I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights” For IWD 2020, the CGIAR GENDER…

Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…

Ms Cheryl L Anderson, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa Bureau, USAID, Dr Ramadjita Tabo, Research Program Director, WCA, ICRISAT and Mr Scott Dobberstein, Mission Director, USAID Mali, discussing the results. Photo: N Diakité, ICRISAT

Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali