Agricultural inputs, including fertilizers, seeds, breeding stock, crop protection chemicals, machinery, irrigation, and knowledge, are key to innovation and productivity improvement, and are the backbone of any agricultural revolution.
This paper aligns current thinking on transboundary climate risk pathways with research on climate risk for pastoralists in African rangelands. Four pathways for transboundary transmission of climate risk were used as a framework for a narrative review of research literature on pastoralism and climate change. Selected cases were presented to highlight conclusions and recommendations.
The Gender Equality in Agrifood Systems: Indicator List (GEASIL) is aimed at stakeholders who strive to address gender inequalities in value chains and require effective gender-responsive monitoring systems to track progress and guide decision-making.
Conflict between farmers and livestock herders, normally pastoralists, has received heightened attention over the last two decades. However, primary research on the causes of these conflicts is scarce.
A report of restoration trials being conducted by ILRI to assess the viability and impacts of short-resting and use of exclosures in pastoral communities implementing partictipatory rangeland management (PRM) in Baringo County, Kenya
Introduction: Lack of data about saline aquaculture in Pakistan has curtailed informed policy and investment decision making resulting in undervaluation of and underinvestment in the sector. Therefore, saline aquaculture in Pakistan is today an underdeveloped sector despite its potential as an alternative livelihood for the country's rural farmers.
Social protection programs (SPPs) are designed to help individuals and households cope with chronic poverty, destitution, and vulnerability. In the context of food systems, SPPs can help tackle the challenge of affordability of healthy diets. Nutrition-sensitive SPPs include conditions or additional interventions that enhance impacts on nutrition.
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) addresses critical challenges smallholder farmers face in Senegal and similar regions due to climate change. The collaboration with the National Agricultural Insurance Company (CNAAS) to promote the uptake of agricultural insurance, particularly index-based insurance, is a noteworthy strategy.
With the ever-increasing rates of malnutrition, both overnutrition and undernutrition, improving agricultural and consumption practices globally plays a critical role in supporting sustainable diets.