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From Land Productivity to Labor Productivity – Interview with SPIA Chair Karen Macours
Not all of CGIAR’s objectives are maximized by increasing yield alone; if we want to address rural poverty we need to increase income, income...
It's Time for a Change in the Breeding Mindset
Today the challenge has changed: We need to address an ever growing population, under a different climate that keeps changing, and with people ...
Pathways from Agricultural Research to Poverty Reduction: A Bigger Set of ‘Food Systems’ Thinking is Required
In this interview, Tom Tomich, ex-ISPC member and Professor and Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, University of California, Davis,...
CGIAR Positioning and Comparative Advantage Looking Ahead
Global changes in the areas of agricultural research for development and beyond have wide-ranging implications for CGIAR. In this video interview...
The ‘Policy Pathway’ Matters: Assessing the Impact of Policy-Oriented Research Is Essential to Show CGIAR’s Contribution to Development Outcomes
One of the primary ways that CGIAR research contributes to development outcomes is through influencing how polices are designed and implemented. ...
Staple Crop Yields Alone Will Not Solve Poverty
An exclusive focus on improving staple crop yields in developing countries is increasingly questioned as an effective pathway out of poverty for ...
From Food Security to Nutrition Security
While ‘hunger’ continues to resonate as a cause deserving of funding support, focusing solely on staple crops is no longer appropriate in a w...
Opportunities and Challenges for the CGIAR in a Changing World
The Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) recently convened its 17th meeting at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquar...
Turning the Lens on Ourselves: Evaluating Evaluations
Working in a research for development organization, the similarities between evaluators and researchers has become more apparent to us in the IEA...
Policy Seminar: Integrating Research and Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seminar, 'Managing natural resources for sustainable production systems: A re...
Is the Current Agriculture Technology Strategy Unsuitable for Getting Smallholders Out of Poverty?
Currently, agriculture technology strategies are mostly based on implementing technologies and innovations that increase yield. This may see...
Scaling Up DNA Fingerprinting for Crop Variety Identification
DNA fingerprinting is the process through which genetic material is extracted from a sample taken from an individual plant, or population of plan...