CGIAR Site Updates

Commentary – High food prices and dietary quality: Who pays?

IFPRI — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:47:55 +0000

This post by Howarth Bouis, Director of HarvestPlus, which is coordinated by IFPRI and CIAT, is part of a series produced by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs marking the occasion of its annual Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, D.C., wh...

Head, Biometrics and Statistics Unit (Ref: DDG-R4D/HBSU/05/13)

IITA — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:34:19 +0000

Educational Qualifications: The candidate should have a PhD degree in biometrics or statistics

Semantics for Biodiversity – International Workshop

Bioversity International — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:19:00 +0000

The 1st international workshop on Web Semantics for Biodiversity, held on 27 May in Montpellier, France, will define key challenges identified by the bioinformatics community, discuss solutions and identify opportunities emerging from interactions acro...

Is hydropower for or against Irrigation?

WLE — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:14:15 +0000

The answer is—as usual—that it depends! Many large river basins support both—energy production from hydropower and withdrawals for irrigated food production (in addition to many other uses, such as for households and industries, fisheries and the...

Ecosystem approach to small scale tropical marine fisheries: Tanzania

WorldFish — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:22:03 +0000

Throughout the world, poor fisheries management contributes to resource degradation, poverty, and food insecurity. This European Union project on an Ecosystem Approach to Small-scale Tropical Marine Fisheries is led by WorldFish and implemented in coll...

Desalination Using Renewable Energy – is it the answer to water scarcity?

WLE — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:07:18 +0000

The famous quote, “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink”, may become a quote of past, at least for the coastal cities, if desalination by renewable energy takes off. Desalination is a process that removes salt and other minerals from sal...

Celebrating our struggles in Malaita, Solomon Islands

AAS — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:41:55 +0000

Lionel Maeliu, 40, lives at Busurata village in the highlands of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. He is a subsistence farmer with six children and has limited formal education. In an interview with Lionel he said since his youth days, he has seen his...

Lionel Maeliu feeding his tilapia fish, Malaita Province,Solomon Islands. Photo by Daykin Harohau, 2013.

WorldFish — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:37:22 +0000

Interest in inland fish farming grows out of increased costs of reef fisheries

Mangrove management in Solomon Islands: Case studies from Malaita Province

AAS — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:12:18 +0000

Mangroves are an important resource for the rural coastal people of Solomon Islands. Mangrove forests are critical for food security and the livelihoods of coastal communities in Solomon Islands. In particular, mangroves are an important source of food...

Virtual briefing on reporting agricultural research for development

World Agroforestry Centre — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:26:04 +0000

A virtual briefing has been developed which discusses issues surrounding the development of guidelines for improved and standardised reporting of agricultural research for development (AR4D). read more

New research program on dryland systems

World Agroforestry Centre — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:08:56 +0000

The CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems has just been launched with the aim of raising agricultural productivity and strengthening food security in the driest areas of the developing world. read more

Trees on farms work for Niger but extension and development sector need convincing

World Agroforestry Centre — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:43:23 +0000

Keeping trees and shrubs on farms in southern Niger is helping farmers increase yields and providing them with firewood and other tree products. read more

Scientific pond management practices to produce marine shrimp : Speakers

WorldFish — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:15 +0000

Speakers at a national workshop underscored the need for applying scientific pond management practices to domesticate a few species of the marine shrimp and produce Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) brood stocks.

Happy International Day of Biodiversity

Bioversity International — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:49:30 +0000

Join us on a journey to find out more about work we are doing to promote the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity. Bioversity International celebrates smallholder farmers who are using and conserving vital biodiversity around th...

Seeds for Needs India

Bioversity International — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:17:38 +0000

‘Seeds for Needs’ is a Bioversity International project, working to strengthen local seed systems by exposing farmers to greater crop varietal diversity. The project is active in East Africa, Central America, South Asia and the Pacific; and...

African Leafy Vegetables in Kenya

Bioversity International — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:17:21 +0000

African Leafy Vegetables in Kenya Over ten years, Bioversity International worked with partners in Kenya to revive the interest of researchers and ordinary people in the production and use of African leafy vegetables and raising awareness of their valu...

As forests disappear, Indonesia must monitor big cats to reduce human wildlife conflict, says scientist

CIFOR — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:27 +0000

As Indonesia’s national parks face threats from deforestation and human encroachment, it’s vital that tigers, leopards and other large mammals be monitored as part of conservation efforts – otherwise clashes with people will intensify, a senior s...

New Imperatives and Opportunities for Scaling Up Temperate Agroforestry_Dennis Garrity

World Agroforestry Centre — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:07:40 +0000

WorldFish celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity

WorldFish — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:43:54 +0000

Freshwaters cover only 1% of the earth’s surface, yet they are home to over 10% of all animals and more than 35% of all vertebrates like fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Fruit and other tree products in homegardens can contribute positively to family nutrition and health, in places where improved nutrition is most needed.

World Agroforestry Centre — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:34 +0000

That’s according to Katja Kehlenbeck of ICRAF, who presented her research at the FAO’s Forests for Food Security and Nutrition Conference on 13th may. While Latin America, Asia and other regions have their own nutritional challenges, in Sub-Saharan...