CIMMYT: Maize delivers "valuable solutions" according to report

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.

ICRAF: Water is everywhere: oxygen signals in tree rings shows climate changes and the water cycle

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.

Nutritious, cheap and… convenient? Capitalising on untapped bean markets

Beans are great. They are nutritious, they are cheap and they boost the incomes of smallholder farmers. But, for the vast majority of the estimated 200 million Africans that eat them, I doubt that convenient is a word they would associate with this protein staple. Dried grains, the most available and affordable bean product, take … More Nutritious, cheap and… convenient? Capitalising on untapped bean markets

CCAFS: Climate Resilient Food Systems for Africa: From Evidence to Action

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One Planet summit for biodiversity

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Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

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2020 feels like dark fiction. Here’s how science can inspire a better future

How can scientists move us beyond the calamities of 2020? The current moment for our species feels a lot like fiction. Not without cause, fiction writers have made the most out of imagining near-future worlds that seem unthinkable or unbearable. However, the real world of 2020 is both less unthinkable and more unbearable than fiction: … More 2020 feels like dark fiction.

How the EU’s Green Deal survived the coronavirus pandemic

The threat of the pandemic actually helped push through the European Green Deal. As March brought death and chaos to Europe, officials in the Cabinet of European Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans developed a pattern of working: crisis in the morning, recovery in the afternoon. The Green Deal — the political project to make the EU climate … More How the EU’s Green Deal survived the coronavirus pandemic

ICRISAT: High yielding, wilt resistant chickpea variety developed through genomics-assisted breeding

A high-yielding and wilt resistant variety with a yield potential double to that of existing varieties* was developed through genomics-assisted breeding and released for cultivation in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra by the Central Varietal Release Committee, Government of India.

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