IITA nutrition team reveals ways to address unhealthy diets with HQCF

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security

The maize lethal necrosis (MLN) artificial inoculation screening site in Naivasha, Kenya, will begin…

Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security
Nutrition

A recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rang alarm bells about the…

The challenge of ensuring water supply in the Philippines

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

Creating incentives for communities to help secure water supply is a win-win situation but without…

Oceans will be key to future food security – new expert report

WorldFish

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

A new report estimates that the ocean could provide six times more food than…

2019 ReSAKSS Annual Conference: Gender equality in rural Africa, from commitments to outcomes

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

Food security
Gender equality

Third in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2019 Annual Trends and…

New dual-purpose pearl millet shows promise as excellent fodder in Niger

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

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Two varieties of dual-purpose (food and fodder) pearl millet were shown to increase weight and…

African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Biodiversity
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…

International training in agroforestry for policy makers

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Twenty-six mid-level policymakers from Africa and Asia — Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, Malawi, M…

Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…

Policy seminar: Countries pivotal actors as food systems transform

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

Food security
Health

Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a rapid transformation, much of it shaped by…

Time to act on global groundwater

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Also published as an Op-Ed in Thomson Reuters. Authored by signatories of the Global Groundwat…

Nurture soil as our food and climate insurance

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Kassim Massi and Joyce Makawa have learned how conservation agriculture nurtures the soil of their…

Aljazeera.com: Forget about water at your peril

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

IWMI's Rachael McDonnell stresses the need for a more central role for water in climate…

Unveiling the Honghe Innovation Centre for Mountain Futures

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The sunlight struggled to pierce the dusty air. Faint rows of mango and jujube trees…

Adaptations Thirst: Accelerating the Convergence of Water and Climate Action

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Climate-resilient water management should be the unifying agenda for water and climate change adapta…

Cloud computing to help the rice sector in the Philippines