Agriculture

Originally posted on the blog of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) This article links to a session at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum (5-6, December in Paris): Odds and ends for restoring landscapes through agroforestry. Land restoration is a key theme at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the biggest […]

With one in three people malnourished worldwide, nutrition is a powerful driver of sustainable development—it has the power to either propel the agenda forward or hold it back. Children whose growth is stunted, people who don’t get enough vitamins and minerals for a healthy life, adults who are overweight and obese—malnutrition takes many forms and affects every country […]

Originally posted on CIAT’s News Blog. Open letter to the heads of state attending the 70th UN General Assembly, September 2015, New York Co-advancement of Agricultural and Natural Resource Management within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The 17 global goals which you have supported the creation of are an unrivalled span of human aspiration […]

For further reading, also see related blog post What is the state of climate-smart agriculture in West Africa? Abstract The agricultural sector plays a key role in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As the backbone of the economy, it affects society at many levels since national economies and people’s jobs, incomes and […]

Originally posted on CCAFS’s News Blog. By Sekou Toure, Mathieu Ouedraogo, Mainmuna Fane (CCAFS West Africa)  Researchers outline the current state of climate-smart agriculture in West Africa. Agriculture plays a key role in the economic development of West African countries. By directly providing employment and income to about 70% of the population, agriculture is the […]

By Ivo Mulder, REDD+ Economics Advisor, UNEP. A growing number of producers, traders and retailers have over the past few years made zero-deforestation pledges aiming to decouple production of palm oil, soy, beef and other commodities from deforestation impacts. The financial sector, however, has largely remained absent even though it is an important stakeholder as […]