Soil protection and rehabilitation for food security

OBJECTIVE Selected partner countries are assisted in the widespread implementation of agroecological approaches that conserve soil and rehabilitate infertile soil in climate-smart, environmentally friendly ways. DESCRIPTION The amount of fertile soil that is being lost around the world every year was most recently equal to roughly one-third of the size of Germany,...

Fund to promote innovation in agriculture

OBJECTIVES Employment opportunities and income are being created as more gender-sensitive innovations in agriculture are put in place which ensure food security, climate change adaptation for smallholders, and protection of natural resources such as soil, water, and biodiversity. DESCRIPTION Agricultural innovations being developed in Germanyā€™s development policy partner countries have a huge...

Climate Smart Land Use in ASEAN

The ASEAN-CRN participated in the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) on 8ā€“10 October 2019 in Bali, Indonesia. Photo credit: ASEAN-CRN ANGA demonstrated a strong negotiation presence during the 25th Convention of Parties (COP25) of...

Global project Food Security and Strengthening of Resilience

CONTEXT Hunger and malnutrition can be attributed to a wide variety of factors: Besides being affected by poverty, conflicts and other forms of crisis, overpopulation and natural disasters, people may also simply lack access to health services, healthy nutrition, clean drinking water and sanitary facilities. In addition, people often do...

International Agricultural Research

Indian farmer standing in his wheat field Copyright: Wasim Iftikar, CIMMYT Researchers in the International Rice Research Institute Copyright: IRRI OBJECTIVES Innovations of agricultural research provide smallholder farmers with...

Sector Project Agriculture

Two hands holding a bowl of tomatoes. Copyright: Ā© William Moreland, Unsplash A woman in a field with a baby on her back. Copyright: Ā© Annie Spratt, Unsplash ...