New study calls for shift to pre-pregnancy nutrition, to drive down stunting in Rwandan children under two-years-old

by Georgina Smith | Apr 19, 2016

A new scientific report calls for a shift in interventions to tackle malnutrition in children in Rwanda under the age of two. Among recommendations, authors urge renewed focus to “fast-track” pre-pregnancy nutrition. Adolescent nutrition before pregnancy, they say,...

GCARD3: Will we be left behind?

by Georgina Smith | Apr 11, 2016

At this year’s Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3), Mark Holderness, Executive Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, closed the 5th – 8th April meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, themed: “No one left...

Low-income communities need more affordable and nutritious food

by Georgina Smith | Apr 5, 2016

A research project tackling malnutrition among vulnerable populations in Kenya and Uganda is launched in Nairobi today. The three-year initiative targeting women aged 15-49 years of reproductive age, and children aged 6−59 months, aims to develop a quick-to-cook...

Chocolate meltdown: feeling the heat

by Georgina Smith | Apr 4, 2016

That melt-in-your-mouth chocolate egg you savored this Easter might face a different kind of meltdown in future, researchers warn in a new study.  Temperatures in West Africa’s cocoa belt – supplying 70 percent of the world’s cocoa, the raw ingredient in...

Transforming Rwanda’s missing climate data into information for farmers

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 23, 2016

Launched today, World Meteorological Day, the four-year Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture is an initiative by the Rwandan government and partners to provide nearly a million farmers with timely access to essential climate information services in order to manage...

Filming for change: When farmers get BEHIND the camera

by Juliet Braslow | Mar 16, 2016

Filming for change When farmers get BEHIND the camera How do you give a voice to those who often are not heard? Handing over a video camera and equipment may not be your first thought, but it is a fascinating possibility that leads to learning on many levels. We...