Why gender sensitive research requires a bottom-up approach that works directly with communities, rather than a top-down approach that fails to recognise the real-life consequences of entrenched gender norms.
Effective forest and landscape restoration interventions need to take into account socio-political aspects and gender norms in order to ensure long-term impact and promote equitable sharing of benefits.
The agri-food strategy, backed by an innovative city-wide food policy, continues to promote positive change in the way food is processed, transported and consumed, as well as how waste is handled.
Women should be a key priority in pandemic response and recovery, and they need support to ensure that decades of gains in women’s empowerment and family well-being are not wiped out.
The causes of migration are complex. And while climate extremes can undermine economic systems and harm vulnerable communities, there's a lot more we should be considering, too.
Community water management investments in Tajikistan are now better targeted to women, with an aim to increase food production and stabilize farming systems.
In ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong, The New York Times explores the impacts of hydropower development on the Mekong region, featuring data gathered under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
The Africa RISING program -- "Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation" -- provides support to Ethiopian farmers across the country, offering conservation-focused interventions.
A report from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) demonstrates that the population of youth working as farmers is substantial and that farming often serves as an alternative to unemployment for many.
Written by Petra Schmitter for the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska. Africa’s groundwater reserves are about 100 times greater than its annual supply of renewable surface freshwater. Yet, this resource remains underused. Under the pioneering Agwater Solutions Project, researchers estimated that investments in motorized pumps could significantly boost agricultural production and reduce climate change risks for smallholder farms.
Almost 300 researchers and practitioners attended Seeds of Change, an interdisciplinary conference on gender equality in agricultural research for development. WLE/IWMI and affiliated researchers contribute to sessions and discussions of three day event.
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