Video: Opening plenary session: Research priorities for a food secure and...
The opening plenary sessions set the tone for the day with a consensus among all plenary speakers that, if we are going to feed a growing world in a changing…
View ArticleUnequal power dynamics in landscape approaches must not be ignored, expert warns
Originally published on Forest News. NEW YORK—Social inequality is also part of the landscape—and so must be accounted for in landscape approaches to managing agriculture and forests, a development...
View ArticleDon’t be afraid of landscapes complexity, expert says
Originally published on Forests News. BOGOR, Indonesia—Balancing the many competing demands on rural lands is inherently complex—and researchers need to embrace this, according to a leading rural...
View ArticleAdama Traore talks about AfricaRice and the CGIAR Development Dialogues
Adama Traore, Interim Director General of AfricaRice–one of fifteen CGIAR Centers–discusses the ongoing research AfricaRice is doing on agro-ecological farms and climate-smart agriculture. Dr. Traore...
View ArticleAnnouncing… the “Living Data” competition winners
In the run-up of the CGIAR Development Dialogues event, we collected CGIAR data, facts and figures from our Centers and Research Programs. These were published in 27 individual input posts.…
View ArticleAnnouncing… the “Talking Science” blog competition winners
“Publishing is good. Being read is better.” (Bruno Locatelli – CIFOR researcher) Traditionally, scientists publish their work in scientific journals. The growing impact of publicly accessible online...
View ArticleLiving Data blog competition winner: Bringing science to life
Niki De Sy is intrigued by the potential of remote sensing tools to map land use change and explore issues such as poverty, food security and natural resource sustainability. Sidney…
View ArticleMoving agriculture up the agenda for young Indians
Indian biotechnology scientist Abhay Kumar is the first to admit that he chose agricultural research partly because, in his own words: “I was not very good at communicating with people.”…
View ArticleCitizen science in search for crop varieties adapted to climate change
Using crowdsourcing to make scientific research more participatory – that is the idea behind a novel initiative launched by Bioversity International. The aim of Seeds for Needs, currently being carried…
View ArticleWhat’s in a name? The landscape approach
The term landscape approach, much used in current agricultural development research circles, defies any rigid definition. But attempts by some scientists to pin it down may be missing the point,…
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