The city of Nairobi's informal economy has been severely affected by Covid-19. A series of case studies conducted by the Mazingira Institute supported by WLE, showed the different ways in which some of these impacts occurred.
A study conducted in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, where a significant portion of them were women, showed that landless and marginal farmers gained from collectives individually - and as a whole.
Researchers point out that it's time for the conversation on the WEF nexus to be channeled into effective researcher-practitioner partnerships, for actual implementation and real benefits.
A comprehensive approach to monitoring soil health, implemented by ICRAF with support from WLE, combines physical and chemical analyses with above-ground indicators like tree and shrub biodiversity. Its application across vast landscapes is transforming rehabilitation efforts worldwide.
Around the world farmers have been buoyed by CGIAR-supported innovations that tap into natural cycles to achieve a more robust, sustainable cycle of production and supply
A study from Karnataka shows how decades of agricultural and forestry choices upset an ancient balance, turning a district of 3,000 tanks into a district of 30,000 boreholes.
Post-drought dynamics of plant communities show potential trigger of a vicious-cycle of more intense droughts and increasing global vulnerability of forests.
Southeast Asia's ancient practice of fish and rice 'co-culture' can play an important role in greening economies, expanding nutrition security and building community resilience.
Across West African countries, breaches of free trade regulations are still being reported — an issue posed to drivers transporting food, who have little alternative than to buy their way out.
Eight WLE and IWMI researchers speak on experiences working in science and development. Hear more in this excerpt from an upcoming podcast exploring gender, inclusion, and representation.
What do we know about the role of women in agriculture, in different societies across the globe, that can help us design more effective programs for increasing gender equity?
Currently, much of the mainstream media coverage, particularly when it comes to environmental issues limits itself to focusing on political rhetoric and disaster reportage while underlying structural changes taking place due to climate change and other factors, largely go ignored.
How many of us want to address gender in our work, but when it comes down to the specifics, aren’t quite sure how? Join the discussion- help us develop a series of collaborative questions to investigate gender in agricultural water management projects.
This week marks the launch of the new CGIAR research portfolio. Izabella Koziell, Program Director, lays out the ambitions of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
Using satellites to measure soil moisture isn't new, but a new mathematical algorithm is making this technology more accurate, and therefore better able to predict irregular conditions.
