Why getting the right food on the table is central not just to the health of our children, but to the health of our continent

by Georgina Smith | Jun 12, 2016

Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director for Africa for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, talks about need to tackle malnutrition at the Africa Agriculture Science Week this week (June 13-17) in Kigali.  We are in the midst of an emerging crisis. Now is the time...

Big Data Roadshow hits East Africa

by Georgina Smith | May 26, 2016

“This is where the rubber hits the road,” said the World Bank’s Erick Fernandes, opening the first Big Data for Agriculture  Roadshow in East Africa  in Nairobi, on Wednesday May 24th. Speaking to participants from government, the private sector and research...

Paris climate agreement cannot be met without emissions reduction target for agriculture, new study suggests

by Georgina Smith | May 19, 2016

This post is adapted from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) blog. Scientists have calculated, for the first time, the extent to which agricultural emissions must be reduced to limit warming to 2°C in 2100. And, they...

Co-operative leadership in Uganda

by Georgina Smith | May 17, 2016

The CIAT Uganda team just concluded a “Cooperative Leadership Event” in Kampala-Kawanda, Uganda. The event, which took place between the 3rd and 6th of May, was the largest gathering of agricultural cooperatives and farmer organizations in Uganda. In...

Context, conflict and climate change

by Georgina Smith | May 17, 2016

By Wendy Okolo, and Kelvin Shikuku The area of Nwoya district, Northern Uganda, was wracked by civil war for two decades. Today, the area is highly vulnerable to climate change, as farmers rely on low-productivity subsistence crops such as sesame, sorghum or beans....