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Analyzing 25 years of maize supply and demand in the Global South
After first being cultivated more than 9,000 years ago, research shows that maize not only plays an essential role in global agrifood systems today but has a strongly increasing demand.
Opinion: Feeding people on this warming Earth requires future-proofing our agri-food systems. Here’s how.
Source: MarketWatch (23 Sep 2022)
Models of funding for agricultural research and development (R&D) need to adapt in order for the world to meet current challenges to agrifood systems.
Setting a standard: improving field trial data
New manual helps standardize field trial data collection across Afghanistan.
Q&A: CGIAR investment has generated returns of 10 times the amount invested
Philip Pardey discusses the importance of collaboration between national research systems and CGIAR, and why investment in agricultural research and development is needed now more than ever.
Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security
The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development.
City dwellers in Africa and Asia increasingly choose wheat, research shows
The developing world’s appetite for wheat is growing swiftly, driven in part by rising incomes, rapid urbanization and the expansion of families where both spouses work outside the house.
A wheat self-sufficiency roadmap for Ethiopia’s future
Mechanization could boost Ethiopian wheat production and provide youth with new job opportunities.
