Brazilian rice needs to toughen up for a dry future

by Ángela María Morales | Feb 21, 2018

Climate change has the potential to flip our world upside down. There’s a rising concern about how future climate change will affect crops and the livelihoods of millions of people. Confronting those future changes means assessing the problem before it happens and...

The road out of poverty depends on feeding our children nutritious food first

by Mercy Lungaho | Oct 18, 2017

At the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical for a prosperous Africa. Her opinion piece was first published by Inter Press Service News Agency.  One drizzly morning in some lush...

Nine ways to take climate-smart agriculture to scale in Africa  

by blogciat | Jul 19, 2017

By Caroline Mwongera When I went to Northern Uganda for the first time with my research team, we weren’t sure what to expect. We were of course aware of the devastation in the war-torn area, but the full scale of the impact on agricultural production – the life line...

Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past 50 years

by Colin Khoury | Apr 24, 2017

Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past 50 years By Sara Kammlade and Colin K. Khoury Newly released interactive infographics show how the so-called “globalized diet” has emerged. They unearth a number of surprises about the foods we eat across...

First drought-resilient, high iron beans for Uganda released

by Georgina Smith | Aug 8, 2016

Five new bean varieties bred with high iron and resilience to the impacts of drought have been released in Uganda for the first time. The varieties – co-developed by the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), the Rwandan Agricultural Board (RAB)...