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To combat Ethiopia’s 2010 wheat stripe rust epidemic, a fast-track crop research and rust-resistant seed distribution program not only delivered future protection to the farmers, but also brought higher yields and incomes.
Stripe (yellow) rust disease threatens wheat crops every growing season. In recent years, outbreaks have become more frequent and severe with climate change, decimating harvests and leaving smallholder farmers devastated.
Cross-regional partnerships for improving food and nutritional security in marginal environments of Central Asia
Drought and salinity has a far greater effect on food security in Central Asia. Evaluation, domestication and sustainable utilization of native and introduced halophytic and salt-tolerant plant resources ...
Youth and Agricutural Research for Development (AR4D)
The policy brief presents findings and recommendation following the CGIAR Youth Research carried out in Morocco during the period 2015-2016.
Program Theory of change and Impact Pathway - Last Update 2015
A theory of change (ToC) describes how a research-in-development project or program induces expected outcomes and impacts by describing the causal interrelationships from the project/program’s activities to outputs, outcomes ...
Enhanced Forage and Bioenergy Production
Salinization is a global problem facing agricultural in arid and semi-arid regions with estimates of more than 1.5 million hectares of agricultural land lost yearly to salinity. Cultivating halophytes that remove salts ...
Agriculture for Marginal Lands in Central Asia
Due to freshwater scarcity, countries located in the Aral Sea and Caspian Sea Basins are struggling to grow enough food and animal feed to meet the need of a fast growing population. The situation is further exacerbated ...
Raised-bed planting in Egypt: an affordable technology to rationalize water use and enhance water productivity
Research on water management to achieve higher productivity in irrigated agriculture has
identified raised-bed systems as an important component of improved wheat production
package. Through this farmers in Egypt have ...
Heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production and policy for Sudan
An integrated wheat package introducing heat-tolerant wheat varieties that can withstand temperatures greater than 38°C is transforming farmer fields in Sudan and showing policy-makers a new road to food security.
DS Generic Impact Pathway - A Brief
The document briefs key aspects of DS theory of change and generic impact pathway in main pillars of systems in-development research.
Dairy Goat Management Leads to Lasting Gains for Afghan Women
An ordinary goat distribution and rearing project has provided extraordinary benefits to some of the poorest and most vulnerable women, and wider communities in Afghanistan, and continues to multiply its beneficiaries.