Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. CGIAR is the world’s largest agricultural research group: In short, it helps create better plants and better animal genetics. It was at a CGIAR lab in Mexico that Norman Borlaug did his groundbreaking work on wheat, sparking the Green Revolution. Other CGIAR researchers, … More Bill Gates on climate change, CGIAR and adapting to a warmer world
The European Commission allocates funding through the "Development of Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture" (DeSIRA) inititative in the form of grants, representing around €300 million in total, to multiple organizations across diverse sectors. This brief outlines the activities and objectives of GFAR which will be supported through the DeSIRA initiative.
A weekly webinar series featuring experts in data science and digital agriculture at Purdue University kicks off on Feb. 4 at 12:30 p.m. ET. Each Thursday this spring, the Data Driven Agriculture webinars will explore ways digital agriculture and data science can impact agriculture today and into the future.
Location: Czech University of Life Sciences FTA/CZU, Prague, Czech Republic, which hosts the YPARD Europe office.
Vacancy Deadline: February 27th, 2021, at midnight CET.
Location: ICRISAT’s Headquarters, Hyderabad India.
Expiry: Open until ideal candidate is identified
The Global Head of Breeding will have line responsibility for ICRISAT’s crop Breeding Programs based in India and Sub-Saharan Africa. This position will manage the technical components of Breeding Programs with expectations of strengthening ICRISATs breeding capacity through fostering the introduction of processes and guidelines for effective product development.
Location: Montpellier, France or an alternative CGIAR location
Grade: 4. The CGIAR System Organization has a grading scale of positions that range from grade 1 to grade 9, with 9 being the most senior
Reports To: Senior Advisor, CGIAR Executive Management Team
More than 1 million young people around the world have urged governments to prioritise measures to protect against the ravages of climate breakdown during the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. World leaders are due to meet by video link on Monday to consider how to adapt to the extreme weather, wildfires and floods that have … More A million young people urge governments to prioritise climate crisis
The CGIAR Research Program on Maize (MAIZE) “uniquely fills a gap at the global and regional level, positioning it to continue catalyzing good science across borders,” according to a new report.
Commissioned by the CGIAR Advisory Services Shared Secretariat (CAS Secretariat), the report assesses the research-for-development program’s achievements and operations over the course of its second phase, from 2017-2019.
In a world first, researchers use the composition of stable oxygen isotopes in growth rings in three South Asian tree species to help understand climate variability and the global hydrological cycle.
Trees are living beings and like most living beings they need water to survive. The oxygen in the water we drink also finds its way into the wood of trees, where it can be examined by scientists in the composition of the growth rings.