- Partner Spotlight: International Water Management Institute IWMI has just released its 2015 Annual Report, "Working towards a water-secure world", which presents 10 of the highest-impact stories of the year, from innovative flood management in India to finding ways to make money out of wastewater…
- Over the course of a decade, half the spring water in the Indian state of Sikkim disappeared. Nestled in the eastern Himalayas, the villages of Sikkim saw their wells run dry, pastures parched, and families travel farther and farther from home to draw fresh water. Sikkim is just one of many…
- The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has published its annual report for 2015-2016 entitled "Sustainable Food Futures: Getting the Fundamentals Right". The Report captures the research, innovation, diversity, and impact of CIAT’s work over the past year under the banner Shaping…
- The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (CRP AAS) has published a working paper entitled Research in development: Learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. This paper aims to synthesize and share learning from the experience of adapting and…
- In CGIAR, the Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA) is mandated with evaluating the CGIAR system, its institutions, CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs), policies and pertinent crosscutting themes and issues. Over the past two years, IEA has focused on the evaluations CGIAR research programs.…
- GFAR has a strong connection with the Dryland Systems CRP and is proud of the contribution made by the Global Forum partners YPARD and GAP to the first CGIAR Dryland Systems Youth Strategy that is highlighted in the Annual Report. GFAR also contributes to the Drylands CRP governance and looks…
- An important part of GFAR’s purpose is to foster more effective partnership between national, regional and international agricultural innovation systems. GFAR brings the international agricultural research system of the CGIAR into better connection and understanding with partners from civil…
- By Harry Palmier I recently attended the meeting of the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Drylands Systems held in Hyderabad, India, at the invitation of ICRISAT, and was honoured to be selected as the Chair of the Program’s new Independent Steering Committee (ISC). I…
- A recent European Commission convened workshop brought together CGIAR stakeholders with representatives of the European and African research communities to for a mutual interchange of views and perspectives. The discussions demonstrated that collectively research is leading to substantial…