CGIAR, the world’s largest public-funded agricultural research network, has secured more than USD 890 million to accelerate progress against the ongoing global food and climate crises. With this funding, CGIAR will…
Governments across the Global South invest heavily in agricultural development to combat poverty and hunger. But while crucial for improving the livelihoods of millions, agricultural development can undermine…
In many South Asian countries, rice straw burning is a common practice, resulting in bad air quality. In addition, agricultural production is often characterised by the overuse of natural resources as well as gender…
In a new study, scientists of the German Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) have investigated the effects of climate change on major cereal crops such as wheat, maize, millet (pictured here),…
A new study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon, but only if we also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving these results requires community-driven efforts…
In an effort to help curb the rising cases of diabetes globally, scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), a CGIAR Research Center, have identified the genes responsible for low and ultra-low…
Should mineral fertiliser use be increased in sub-Saharan Africa? A team of African and European agronomists provide a nuanced response to this question in an article published in Outlook on Agriculture. Their analysis…
Collaboration between the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Corteva Agriscience has yielded three 'platinum-standard' genome sequences* for pearl millet varieties, providing…
In a survey on the impacts of rainforest clearing on mosquitos and their viruses, scientists have demonstrated that the destruction of tropical rainforests reduces the diversity of mosquito species. At the same time,…
Today’s grain production could be maintained with a significantly lower global level of overall fertiliser if the application of nitrogen fertiliser was evenly distributed across the areas under cultivation. This is…
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