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Agricultural Productivity

By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.7 billion. Farmers, already challenged to produce more food, need new tools and technologies to keep pace.

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Digging Into Soil Health

Multiple definitions of soil health exist and the concept is easy to understand and support; however, it has been difficult to capture its definition with measurements.

Dinesh Panday

Mar 24, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Resilience Youth
Women farmers in the field.

Not Just Farmers’ Wives: Overcoming Stereotypes of Women in Agriculture

Are women in agriculture destined to remain “the farmer’s wife” and never farmers in their own right, even if they do most of the agricultural work?

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Mar 23, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance Resilience
A mother holder her baby as the woman picks leafy vegetables. Photo by Sarah Doyle.

Can Neglected and Underutilized Species Provide a Pathway to Women’s Empowerment?

Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) are often celebrated for their potential to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. However, narratives about women and NUS are often overly simplistic.
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Marlène Elias

Mar 23, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition Resilience
Amalima Loko Participants Using Chili Strings to Deter Elephants from Crops

Deterring Elephants with Chili Strings: Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict

Growing human and animal populations have increased pressure on land, food and water resources, creating competition between wild animals and local residents from the village of Funda in Zimbabwe.

CNFA (Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture)

Mar 21, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Resilience
Abdul Alim (right) is handing over a bag of WorldFish G3 rohu spawn to a customer. (Photo by Md. Masud Akhter)

Genetically Improved Rohu is Commercially Available and in High Demand in Bangladesh

Abdul Alim, owner of Mukteshary Fish Hatchery in Jashore, Bangladesh, received G3 rohu in 2020, developed them as broodstock, and produced seed in 2022 for the first time thanks to...
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Mar 17, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Resilience
Women gather in a circle at one of the nutrition-sensitive agriculture trainings. Credit: JSI

Women’s Empowerment: An Essential Ingredient for Improved Nutrition in India

Findings from human-centered design formative research on agriculture and diet behaviors.

USAID Advancing Nutrition

Mar 16, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition
Miniver Kampamba, one of the female fish farmers, directs the research team to one of her cages that was experiencing fish mortalities. (Photo submitted by Hang’ombe Bernard)

Fish Disease Investigation Increases Disease Awareness Among Small-Scale Fish Farmers

Miniver Kampamba, a young, female farmer in Zambia, experienced severe mortalities with her fish during the cool season of the year. To address these challenges, a Fish Innovation Lab team...
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Mar 15, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Resilience
A woman kneels in a field as people behind her work.

Service Systems Strengthening and Social Accountability as a Pathway to Improved Climate Resilience and Food Security in Nepal

ContextNepal’s population is largely rural, with only 21 percent living in urban areas and agriculture is the mainstay of livelihoods for around two-thirds of households. Agricultural practices are mostly traditional...

Shivi Thakur

Mar 15, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Food Safety Gender Policy and Governance Resilience
Illustrative example of the 6 phases to GLI described in the brief.

Market Systems and Partnership's Approach to Gender Lens Investment

This brief on MSP’s approach to Gender Lens Investment provides examples of how to integrate a gender lens across a partnership portfolio with the potential for impact in changing firm...
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Market Systems and Partnerships MSP

Bronwyn Irwin

Daniella Maor

Mar 14, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Gender
A woman sits in her garden.

Seeding a Sustainable Tomorrow: Climate-Smart Homestead Gardening for Improved Nutrition

Discover how a public–private initiative in Bangladesh is empowering families to grow climate-smart gardens with improved seeds and technology, improving nutrition and incomes.

Iqbal Ahmed

A. H. M. Kamruzzaman

Mar 10, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade Gender Nutrition Resilience

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Farming under the Rainbow: LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development in Agriculture Programs in Honduras and Central America

Sep 28, 2022 online
Join the webinar to learn about important considerations and promising practices for advancing LGBTQI+ inclusive development in agriculture and food security programming.
Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance Youth
Life in pattern is a the ending of a particular month, when paddy crop seeds are cut off and separated. When this is done, the crops look beautiful for their vibrant colors and patterns of cutting.
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The Importance of Timely Analyses for Decision-Making during a Period of Crisis

Jul 27, 2022 online
Featuring interventions from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Fertilizer Development Center and AKADEMIYA2063. 
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Resilience
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Accelerating the Impact of Irrigation and Landscape-Level Agricultural Water Management at Scale

May 19, 2022 online
Exploring gaps and opportunities for future research in irrigation and landscape-level agricultural water management
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources
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Can Online Platforms Facilitate Locally Led Development?

Mar 09, 2022 online
Can information accessibility facilitate and scale locally-led development?
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension
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Managing Soils to Address Global Challenges

Feb 24, 2022 online
The lecture and discussion will outline global challenges including food and nutritional insecurity, climate change, soil degradation, water scarcity, and pollution.
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources
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A Vision for Crop Improvement and Food Security in a Changing Climate

Feb 10, 2022 online
The purpose of the workshop is to identify scientific opportunities to improve staple cereals in a changing climate
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension
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Grain Market: A Pull for Seed Businesses across Bean Corridors in Tanzania

Dec 17, 2021 online
An opportunity to share this information while collecting further insights on the Yellow Bean study’s implications.
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade
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Effective Pathways to Africa's Agricultural Transformation

Aug 04, 2021 online
A session to define the investments needed for a vibrant and functional African agricultural sector that can deliver sufficient food and nutrition supplies for all as well as exciting farmer incomes.
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension
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Crops to End Hunger: Accelerating Seed Delivery through Sustainable Seed Systems

Jul 15, 2021 online
Identifying approaches and making recommendations that will diversify the range of publicly bred crop varieties available to smallholder farmers and increase varietal turnover through commercial channels.
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade
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Enhancing Root, Tuber and Banana Crops’ Contribution to Food and Nutrition Security

May 27, 2021 online
This webinar presents recent advances and new innovations and approaches for this vital crop group supported by the work of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers & Bananas (RTB)
Agricultural Productivity Nutrition

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