Four women in science shares their perspectives about how gender influenced their professional lives, and examine the progress and challenges for women in science.
Approaches to strategy and programming as CGIAR transforms itself - from a partnership of 15 independently governed centers to 'One CGIAR' - in preparation for a 'Big Lift'
Exploring the significance of eighteenth century “silo-buster” cum polymath Alexander von Humboldt's message on interdisciplinarity in agriculture, and its growing relevance in today's context.
A global study of farming systems highlights four key learnings in harnessing large-scale irrigation for sustainable economic growth and enhanced food security
Goundwater represent close to 99% of all unfrozen fresh water in the world and it's the source of almost half of the water used for irrigation worldwide. This infographic displays the history of groundwater, suggesting how we might better manage it in the years to come.
Myanmar's Central Dry Zone is the most water-stressed region of the entire country. By addressing challenges of both water availability and water distribution, an irrigation project supports
smallholder farmers in managing their water efficiently, collectively, and sustainably.
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.
