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When Kevin Chen began his agricultural research 20 years ago, most dairy farms in China were small and family-owned. People of his generation did not

Climate change is making livestock susceptible to diseases, accelerating invasion potential of pathogens, disease vectors

The country has too few scientists, and it is sad to see one falling in ignominy.

Documentary features CIMMYT and Alliance scientists contributing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

Participants acting in the role play activity where men and women changed roles. Photo: ICRAF/Ann Wavinya

In 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s biggest province, Tshopo, lost 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of intact forests to fires. Researchers based in the provincial capital, Kisangani, suspect the record-breaking forest loss is linked to expanding cultivation of cacao by recent migrants from neighboring North Kivu province. These unbroken forest landscapes are some of the […]

According to the paper titled Enacting theories of change for food systems transformation under climate change, published in Global Food Security, food systems are responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, and agricultural yields are at risk due to climate change impacts.

A new study reports that food systems are associated with one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions induced by human activity, risking agricultural yields.

Insurers, donors, NGOs and risk experts met in Germany on 14th May 2017 for a one-day conference. The conference focused on how innovations like big data can transform the cost and delivery of agricultural and weather insurance for smallholder farmers while expanding insurance use and encouraging private sector involvement.

While the Glasgow Climate Pact came short on delivering on coal and climate finance, considerable progress was made on mitigation, particularly on cutting emissions - including those emitted by agriculture. CGIAR’s strong presence at the conference supported the efforts to simultaneously reduce climate change impacts on food systems and lower agriculture’s contribution to global warming.