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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the First External Review of the Water and Food Challenge Program - CGIAR 2008
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No results found.The CPWF is an international, multi dimensional, research for development initiative. Its overarching goal is to contribute to the efforts by the global community to increase food production to achieve internationally adopted food security and poverty eradication targets by 2015, while simultaneously ensuring that the global diversions to agriculture are maintained at the level of the year 2000. It emphasizes south south and north south cooperation, partnership and knowledge exchange. Led by a consortium of 18 institutions, the CPWF is working with a broad range of over 200 institutions in research and development, bringing together natural and social scientists, development specialists and river basin communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Over 60 percent of the research funding is disbursed through a competitive grant scheme. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the First External Review of the Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA) - CGIAR 2008
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No results found.The Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA) was the fifth Systemwide Initiative (SWI) approved by TAC in the 1990s. The PRGA Program traces its origin to a six‐day international seminar and planning workshop in 1996 with stakeholders from more than 50 institutions (IARCS, NARS, and NGOs). CIAT was designated as the Convening Center and the proposal from the planning workshop was co‐sponsored by CIMMYT, ICARDA, and IRRI. The Program began to implement its work plan in April 1997. Throughout its existence, the PRGA has been guided by its programmatic goal “to improve the ability of the CGIAR system and other collaborating institutions to develop technology which alleviates poverty, improves food security, and protects the environment with greater equity” and its programmatic purpose “ to assess and develop methodologies and organizational innovations for gender sensitive participatory research, and operationalize their use in plant breeding, cro p and natural resource management.” -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of the First External Review of the Generation Challenge Program (GCP) 2008
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No results found.The most important achievement from the GCP has been the creation of well characterized reference collections for a number of crops; 21 in total when the work is fully completed. The Panel convincingly rates these collections as extremely relevant for research to follow years after the GCP has been completed. The SC shares the Panel’s feeling that the management and handling of these collections needs to be carefully planned. The SC supports the development of an agreement among the GCP, the CGI AR curator community that holds the sets and the donors. In the SC’s opinion the responsibility for securing their appropriate handling in the future cannot be left for the CP alone to carry, but the CGIAR System needs to take ownership and responsibility of this potentially highly significant and useful product immediately. Thus the SC recommends that a task force including the GCP and the curators of the CGIAR genebanks be set up by the Alliance of CGIAR Centers to develop a plan for the long term stewardship of the reference collections. The same consideration should be made for all other genetic stocks and characterized populations generated by the GCP.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms.