Sustainable food systems: Are we closer to the answers?
WLE 2019-20 Research Highlights
In a world of intertwined crises, the world has many questions about the future of food, people and our planet. WLE is finding some of the answers.
Connected thinking, compelling solutions
WLE is a research-for-development program delivering agriculture solutions
that enhance natural resources and the well being of people in the Global South
Highlights
Fixing the global food system after coronavirus
Coronavirus has demonstrated our ability to transform food-supply chains at short notice, but the strain on the global food system will extend beyond the pandemic. Here's what to do, from CoSAI Chair in The Hill.
Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI)
WLE supports new commission tasked with guiding the rapid scale up of innovations in the Global South
How can the Global South accelerate agricultural production and strengthen food systems to deliver broad access to affordable, safe and nutritious foods, while at the same time protecting and improving natural ecosystems, and reducing poverty and inequality?
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Making smallholder agricultural production work: What we can learn from the socioeconomic and agrarian transformation through agro-well access in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2020. Making smallholder agricultural production work: What we can learn from the socioeconomic and agrarian transformation through agro-well access in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 4p. (WLE BRIEFING SERIES NO. 28)Introducing co-composting to fecal sludge treatment plants in Benin and Burkina Faso: a logistical and financial assessment
Nikiema, Josiane; Tanoh-Nguessan, R.; Abiola, F.; Cofie, Olufunke O. 2020. Introducing co-composting to fecal sludge treatment plants in Benin and Burkina Faso: a logistical and financial assessment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 50p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 17) [doi: 10.5337/2020.206]Realising the Carbon Benefits of Sustainable Land Management Practices: Guidelines for Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon in the Context of Land Degradation Neutrality Planning and Monitoring
Chotte, J.L.; Aynekulu, E.; Cowie, A.; Campbell, E.; Vlek, P.; Lal, R.; Kapović-Solomun, M.; von Maltitz, G.; Kust, G.; Barger, N.; Vargas, R.; Gastrow, S. 2019. Realising the Carbon Benefits of Sustainable Land Management Practices: Guidelines for Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon in the Context of Land Degradation Neutrality Planning and Monitoring. A report of the Science-Policy Interface. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn, Germany (http://catalogue.unccd.int/1209_UNCCD_SPI_2019_Report_1.1.pdf).
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Research
120+ research projects in 79 countries carried out in collaboration with more than 350 partners
Solutions
Evidence-based land and water management innovations for sustainable intensification of agriculture at scale
Impact
333,000 farmers use new technologies and 2,9 million hectares are under improved use or management