Is there a roadmap for climate change adaptation and mitigation?
One tree, many trunks: agroforestry and the Sustainable Development Goals
The new global agenda has one goal: a sustainable Earth. The contribution of agroforestry in achieving this was discussed in detail at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week.
Stepping it up for gender equality at Bioversity International
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, which this year urges us to pledge for gender parity and equal rights for all, Bioversity International has launched its Gender and…
A SMART choice for Africa’s inland-valley rice farmers
Sawah helps improve land preparation and transplanting, reduce water runoff and loss of fertilizer, and maintain a water layer in the field to help control weeds.
Forestry in the new development era
A broader understanding of “forestry” can lead to greater reach and more powerful impact.
Stories of Change
A roadmap to resilience and sustainability: Myanmar’s climate-smart agriculture strategy
Is there a roadmap for climate change adaptation and mitigation?
More efficient and sustainable cassava processing with new technologies
Improved Tilapia: The GIFT that keeps giving
Accessing healthy diets from sustainable food systems all year round
Of maize farmers, coming calves, waxing oxen, and comely camels
Impacts of international wheat improvement research: Need for secure funding evidenced by Policy Brief
What’s New in Research
Scientists aim to adapt wheat to a warmer climate with less water
Scientists battling to increase wheat production by more than 60 percent over the next 35 years are optimistic that they have begun to unravel the genetic mysteries that will lead…
Take a virtual tour of the Mbarara field collection of banana diversity, Uganda
Join Bioversity International researchers Deborah Karamura and William Tinzaara on a virtual tour of the East and Central Africa Musa Germplasm Collection in Mbarara, Uganda. They explain why we need…
Play the Forests Values game for International Day of Forests
This International Day of Forests, explore CIFOR’s resources to learn more about the various values of forests, and why they matter so much for the future of us all.
Publications
Malnutrition and climate patterns in the ASALs of Kenya: A resilience analysis based on a pseudo-panel dataset
Malnutrition and climate patterns in the ASALs of Kenya: A resilience analysis based on a pseudo-panel dataset This study showed how arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya are particularly affected…
Agriculture-nutrition linkages and child health in the presence of conflict in Nepal
Agriculture-nutrition linkages and child health in the presence of conflict in Nepal Much policy and research attention has focused on the relationship between agriculture and nutrition. We extend this analysis…
Perspectives for sustainable Prunus africana production and trade
State of knowledge on Prunus africana policy and practice
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Events
International Day of Forests
ICGFS 2016 : 18th International Conference on Global Food Security
Science Forum 2016 Agricultural research for rural prosperity: Rethinking the pathways
Opinions
Can we eat meat and still reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Our global food production system is responsible for about a quarter of the greenhouse gases produced by human activity, and that’s a figure we cannot ignore