This report describes how Tradeoff Analysis (TOA) of agri-food systems can contribute to the One CGIAR mission of ending hunger by 2030—through science to transform food, land and water systems in a...
Ms Svetlana Negroustoueva leads Independent Evaluation Function at CGIAR. Svetlana has 20+ years of experience leading and being part of teams conducting Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)...
Agricultural intensification is necessary to meet growing global food demand, but it has potential environmental costs. Some activities associated with intensification, including increased use of...
Background and Context A4NH is one of four cross-cutting Global Integrating Programs within the CGIAR portfolio. A4NH focuses on the potential for agriculture to significantly improve nutrition and...
Background and Context The main objective of the CGIAR Research Program Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) is to increase the productivity, profitability, resilience, and marketability of...
Background and Context Globally, wheat contributes 20% of the calories and protein to the human diet. The projected increase in global demand between 2005-07 and 2050 is 44%, equivalent to a compound...
SPIA has developed a comprehensive, country-level approach to documenting the adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations linked to CGIAR research. The first focal country for this approach is...
The Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) commends CGIAR on its draft 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy during a time of a major organizational reform and a global pandemic...
The One CGIAR research strategy for 2030 covers a lot of ground and clearly is a challenging and ambitious undertaking. Within SPIAs responsibility for providing rigorous, evidence-based and...
Mina Karasalo joined the Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service in October 2020. She has a background in environmental economics, development economics and health economic research. In her...