Research on sustainable intensification in the CGIAR research programsILRI
The document summarizes several projects related to sustainable agriculture in developing areas. It discusses a project to improve food security and farm income in Ethiopia through sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems. It then outlines seven key components of sustainable intensification projects, including combining crops and animals, building trust, improving farmer knowledge, engaging the private sector, focusing on women, and ensuring support. It also summarizes several CGIAR Research Programs related to integrated production systems, policies and markets, staple crops, livestock, nutrition, water and land management, and climate change.
Resilient aquatic food systems for healthy people and environment in the Asia...WorldFish
Presentation by panelists Edward Allison, Marie-Charlotte Buisson and Arun Padiyar on 'Resilient aquatic food systems for healthy people and environment in the Asia-Pacific region' on Wednesday, 26 January 2022.
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)Regional Workshop for...FAO
The document provides an overview of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). It defines GIAHS as remarkable land use systems that are rich in biological diversity and have evolved through the co-adaptation of communities with their environments and needs over long periods of time. The document outlines the criteria for GIAHS designation, including contributions to food/livelihood security and maintenance of biodiversity. It also discusses threats facing these systems and strategies for dynamic conservation, as well as recent developments in GIAHS, such as new designated sites and regional workshops.
Demand-Driven innovation in agriculture: Creating economic opportunity for sm...ICRISAT
This document summarizes David Bergvinson's presentation on demand-driven innovation in agriculture. It discusses how demand-driven innovation integrates farmer needs into product development. It highlights challenges like climate change and changing demographics that threaten food security. It provides examples of projects in India that achieved adoption at scale through participatory approaches and partnerships. The presentation argues that public-private-producer partnerships, mobile technologies, and open data can help accelerate demand-driven innovation to meet future global food demand in a sustainable way.
Martien van Nieuwkoop
CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES
Food Security Trends and Resilience-Building Priorities
Co-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
SEP 1, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT
Water and Food Security Nexus Regional Gap AnalysisICARDA
The document discusses three gaps that provide opportunities for convergence between water and food security:
1) There is a weakness in scaling up successful case studies due to a proliferation of pilots and technologies that do not contribute impact at scale. Scaling up requires factors beyond just technology.
2) Most incentives and disincentives for water inefficiency lie outside the water domain, requiring a multi-disciplinary approach that has not been fully mobilized. Non-water policies impact water use efficiency.
3) There is an absence of explicit food security strategies to guide water interventions, given different pathways countries can take to ensure food security. Water strategies need alignment with food security goals.
Research on sustainable intensification in the CGIAR research programsILRI
The document summarizes several projects related to sustainable agriculture in developing areas. It discusses a project to improve food security and farm income in Ethiopia through sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems. It then outlines seven key components of sustainable intensification projects, including combining crops and animals, building trust, improving farmer knowledge, engaging the private sector, focusing on women, and ensuring support. It also summarizes several CGIAR Research Programs related to integrated production systems, policies and markets, staple crops, livestock, nutrition, water and land management, and climate change.
Resilient aquatic food systems for healthy people and environment in the Asia...WorldFish
Presentation by panelists Edward Allison, Marie-Charlotte Buisson and Arun Padiyar on 'Resilient aquatic food systems for healthy people and environment in the Asia-Pacific region' on Wednesday, 26 January 2022.
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)Regional Workshop for...FAO
The document provides an overview of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). It defines GIAHS as remarkable land use systems that are rich in biological diversity and have evolved through the co-adaptation of communities with their environments and needs over long periods of time. The document outlines the criteria for GIAHS designation, including contributions to food/livelihood security and maintenance of biodiversity. It also discusses threats facing these systems and strategies for dynamic conservation, as well as recent developments in GIAHS, such as new designated sites and regional workshops.
Demand-Driven innovation in agriculture: Creating economic opportunity for sm...ICRISAT
This document summarizes David Bergvinson's presentation on demand-driven innovation in agriculture. It discusses how demand-driven innovation integrates farmer needs into product development. It highlights challenges like climate change and changing demographics that threaten food security. It provides examples of projects in India that achieved adoption at scale through participatory approaches and partnerships. The presentation argues that public-private-producer partnerships, mobile technologies, and open data can help accelerate demand-driven innovation to meet future global food demand in a sustainable way.
Martien van Nieuwkoop
CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES
Food Security Trends and Resilience-Building Priorities
Co-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
SEP 1, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT
Water and Food Security Nexus Regional Gap AnalysisICARDA
The document discusses three gaps that provide opportunities for convergence between water and food security:
1) There is a weakness in scaling up successful case studies due to a proliferation of pilots and technologies that do not contribute impact at scale. Scaling up requires factors beyond just technology.
2) Most incentives and disincentives for water inefficiency lie outside the water domain, requiring a multi-disciplinary approach that has not been fully mobilized. Non-water policies impact water use efficiency.
3) There is an absence of explicit food security strategies to guide water interventions, given different pathways countries can take to ensure food security. Water strategies need alignment with food security goals.
India smart farming of ofsp for food, bioplastics, biofuel, shf income, econo...Tim Maurer
Cross-cutting India project to address smallholder farmer incomes, malnutrition and starvation, bioplastics and biofuels -- and begin to create a value chain and economic ecosystem.
This document discusses the CGIAR reform and the CRP 1.3 program. It summarizes that the reform restructured the CGIAR from 15 independent centers to 1 consortium focused on 15 mega programs. It also discusses the goals and approaches of CRP 1.3, which focuses on improving aquatic agricultural systems for poor communities in Bangladesh through increasing productivity, diversification, resilience, gender equity, and partnerships.
Shenggen Fan discusses the need to transform agri-food systems through technology and policy innovations to address challenges like climate change, population growth, and malnutrition. National Agricultural Research Systems and CGIAR play key roles in developing multiple-benefit technologies and management practices. CGIAR must prioritize its work on nutrition, health, environment and climate challenges through evidence-based technologies, new tools like gene editing, and policy research to strengthen food systems and support the Sustainable Development Goals. Strong partnerships will be important to deliver solutions at scale.
renforcement de la résilience des petits agriculteurs par les techniques de l...ArmandTanougong1
The document discusses strategies for promoting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) techniques to strengthen the resilience of small farmers in Niger's Tahoua region. It recommends aligning CSA efforts with Niger's existing Integrated 3N Initiative programs and institutions to leverage existing initiatives and stakeholder engagement. Specifically, it suggests establishing "climate smart villages" as demonstration sites where all stakeholders coordinate to test promising CSA practices. The goal is to systematically scale up CSA in Tahoua by building on Niger's policy framework and leveraging coordinated efforts across sectors and levels to improve productivity, adaptation and food security under climate change.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Nepal Agricultural Economics Society (NAES) are jointly organizing Annual Conference of Nepal Agricultural Economics Society on February 13-14, 2015 at Conference Hall, Trade Tower, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. During the annual conference of NAES, a special session on “Convergences of Policies and Programs relating to Sustainable and Climate Resilient Agriculture” is being organized. The aim of this special session is to showcase the studies and experiences in South Asian countries on climate resilient agriculture and how they can learn from each other to formulate progressive and sustainable policies to promote climate smart agriculture in a regional perspective.
GCARD2: Briefing paper land, water forests & landscape GCARD Conferences
The adaptation and adoption of conservation agriculture (CA)-based crop management through innovative techniques like reduced soil movement, adequate surface retention of crop residues and economically viable and diversified crop rotations are the way forward to address the emerging challenges mentioned above. This could help in ensuring sustainable food security and offer several environmental benefits in sustainable way. This is relatively a new strategy to deal with food security and environmental degradation in unfavourable agriculture system.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Growing Asia Implementing the regional strategic frameworkCIAT
CIAT Asia is growing its research agenda, project portfolio, proposal pipeline, and regional team to implement its strategic framework. The research agenda focuses on three themes: cassava value chains, forages and livestock systems, and integrated farming systems. The project portfolio currently includes 20 bilateral/W3 projects and 7 W2 projects worth $3M annually. The proposal pipeline includes 13 submitted proposals and 11 concept notes pending approval. The regional team is growing to over 40 members from diverse backgrounds to work on the research themes. Challenges for CIAT Asia include balancing growth, promoting scientific excellence, building innovative partnerships and creative financing.
The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural r...ILRI
The document discusses the new CGIAR strategy and structure for international agricultural research and development. Key points:
1) The new strategy focuses research on reducing rural poverty, improving food security, nutrition/health, and natural resource management through CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
2) CRPs are implemented by research centers and partners to achieve impacts aligned with the strategy. They focus on integration, appropriate partnerships, and impact measurement.
3) Examples include CRP 1.1 on dryland agriculture and CRP 3.7 to increase availability of meat, milk and fish for the poor through value chain approaches.
Improved technologies for mitigating post-harvest food loss africa-rising
(i) High post-harvest losses of food lead to low incomes and productivity for farmers in Africa. Improved storage and handling techniques could help reduce these losses.
(ii) The study tested several technologies: collapsible grain dryers, mechanized shelling, and hermetic bags. These technologies reduced drying and storage losses, increased grain quality, and reduced labor costs.
(iii) Adoption of the technologies led to reductions in post-harvest losses of 15-84%, increases in additional food available per hectare of 2-45%, and savings in agricultural land use and higher incomes for farmers. Over 15,000 farmers have already benefited from using these improved post-harvest techniques.
Agricultural Transformation Agenda in GTP II
Presented by Dereje Biruk (ATA) at the Ethiopia - CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) Country Collaboration and Site Integration Meeting, Addis Ababa, 11 December 2015
CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems, Value for MoneyCGIAR
CGIAR's Dryland Systems program aims to improve food security and livelihoods for people living in dryland areas over the next 10 years. The program focuses on developing more resilient and productive agricultural systems through research on crops, livestock, and natural resource management. It aims to directly benefit over 8 million people in research sites and millions more as innovations are adopted more widely. The theory of change outlines how improving agricultural innovation, markets, resource management, and other elements can boost household well-being and incomes while managing resources sustainably. Key strategies include developing options to improve resilience for vulnerable households and intensification for others, as well as better access to food, assets, and opportunities for women and youth.
The document discusses transforming the CGIAR system to address issues like mission creep, complexity, and stagnating resources. It proposes consolidating research into "Mega Programs" focused on strategic objectives like crops, nutrition, and climate change. These programs would build partnerships and have clear impact pathways. The transformation would streamline governance and coordination to improve effectiveness and accountability.
DryArc Interface: R4D framework for collaboration between CGIAR and FAO on Dr...Francois Stepman
DryArc Interface
Chandrashekhar Biradar
Head of Geoinformatics and RDM Unit
Research Theme Leader- GeoAgro and Digital Augmentation
FAO e-Agriculture Webinar, June 15, 2020
Fragility, Conflict and Migration (FCM) & National Policies and Strategies (N...Omobolanle3
1) The document discusses a decision support system for strengthening landscape resilience planning and investment in Nigeria. It describes challenges like conflict, flooding, and displacement in the lower Benue River Basin.
2) It proposes a decision support system that provides data on water resources to stakeholders to facilitate informed decision making. Examples of decision support systems from IWMI are described.
3) The document outlines two objectives: 1) provide a decision support system and knowledge base for stakeholders, and 2) catalyze the scaling of climate-smart innovations and practices. Early warning systems are discussed as an example.
India smart farming of ofsp for food, bioplastics, biofuel, shf income, econo...Tim Maurer
Cross-cutting India project to address smallholder farmer incomes, malnutrition and starvation, bioplastics and biofuels -- and begin to create a value chain and economic ecosystem.
This document discusses the CGIAR reform and the CRP 1.3 program. It summarizes that the reform restructured the CGIAR from 15 independent centers to 1 consortium focused on 15 mega programs. It also discusses the goals and approaches of CRP 1.3, which focuses on improving aquatic agricultural systems for poor communities in Bangladesh through increasing productivity, diversification, resilience, gender equity, and partnerships.
Shenggen Fan discusses the need to transform agri-food systems through technology and policy innovations to address challenges like climate change, population growth, and malnutrition. National Agricultural Research Systems and CGIAR play key roles in developing multiple-benefit technologies and management practices. CGIAR must prioritize its work on nutrition, health, environment and climate challenges through evidence-based technologies, new tools like gene editing, and policy research to strengthen food systems and support the Sustainable Development Goals. Strong partnerships will be important to deliver solutions at scale.
renforcement de la résilience des petits agriculteurs par les techniques de l...ArmandTanougong1
The document discusses strategies for promoting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) techniques to strengthen the resilience of small farmers in Niger's Tahoua region. It recommends aligning CSA efforts with Niger's existing Integrated 3N Initiative programs and institutions to leverage existing initiatives and stakeholder engagement. Specifically, it suggests establishing "climate smart villages" as demonstration sites where all stakeholders coordinate to test promising CSA practices. The goal is to systematically scale up CSA in Tahoua by building on Niger's policy framework and leveraging coordinated efforts across sectors and levels to improve productivity, adaptation and food security under climate change.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Nepal Agricultural Economics Society (NAES) are jointly organizing Annual Conference of Nepal Agricultural Economics Society on February 13-14, 2015 at Conference Hall, Trade Tower, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. During the annual conference of NAES, a special session on “Convergences of Policies and Programs relating to Sustainable and Climate Resilient Agriculture” is being organized. The aim of this special session is to showcase the studies and experiences in South Asian countries on climate resilient agriculture and how they can learn from each other to formulate progressive and sustainable policies to promote climate smart agriculture in a regional perspective.
GCARD2: Briefing paper land, water forests & landscape GCARD Conferences
The adaptation and adoption of conservation agriculture (CA)-based crop management through innovative techniques like reduced soil movement, adequate surface retention of crop residues and economically viable and diversified crop rotations are the way forward to address the emerging challenges mentioned above. This could help in ensuring sustainable food security and offer several environmental benefits in sustainable way. This is relatively a new strategy to deal with food security and environmental degradation in unfavourable agriculture system.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Growing Asia Implementing the regional strategic frameworkCIAT
CIAT Asia is growing its research agenda, project portfolio, proposal pipeline, and regional team to implement its strategic framework. The research agenda focuses on three themes: cassava value chains, forages and livestock systems, and integrated farming systems. The project portfolio currently includes 20 bilateral/W3 projects and 7 W2 projects worth $3M annually. The proposal pipeline includes 13 submitted proposals and 11 concept notes pending approval. The regional team is growing to over 40 members from diverse backgrounds to work on the research themes. Challenges for CIAT Asia include balancing growth, promoting scientific excellence, building innovative partnerships and creative financing.
The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural r...ILRI
The document discusses the new CGIAR strategy and structure for international agricultural research and development. Key points:
1) The new strategy focuses research on reducing rural poverty, improving food security, nutrition/health, and natural resource management through CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
2) CRPs are implemented by research centers and partners to achieve impacts aligned with the strategy. They focus on integration, appropriate partnerships, and impact measurement.
3) Examples include CRP 1.1 on dryland agriculture and CRP 3.7 to increase availability of meat, milk and fish for the poor through value chain approaches.
Improved technologies for mitigating post-harvest food loss africa-rising
(i) High post-harvest losses of food lead to low incomes and productivity for farmers in Africa. Improved storage and handling techniques could help reduce these losses.
(ii) The study tested several technologies: collapsible grain dryers, mechanized shelling, and hermetic bags. These technologies reduced drying and storage losses, increased grain quality, and reduced labor costs.
(iii) Adoption of the technologies led to reductions in post-harvest losses of 15-84%, increases in additional food available per hectare of 2-45%, and savings in agricultural land use and higher incomes for farmers. Over 15,000 farmers have already benefited from using these improved post-harvest techniques.
Agricultural Transformation Agenda in GTP II
Presented by Dereje Biruk (ATA) at the Ethiopia - CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) Country Collaboration and Site Integration Meeting, Addis Ababa, 11 December 2015
CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems, Value for MoneyCGIAR
CGIAR's Dryland Systems program aims to improve food security and livelihoods for people living in dryland areas over the next 10 years. The program focuses on developing more resilient and productive agricultural systems through research on crops, livestock, and natural resource management. It aims to directly benefit over 8 million people in research sites and millions more as innovations are adopted more widely. The theory of change outlines how improving agricultural innovation, markets, resource management, and other elements can boost household well-being and incomes while managing resources sustainably. Key strategies include developing options to improve resilience for vulnerable households and intensification for others, as well as better access to food, assets, and opportunities for women and youth.
The document discusses transforming the CGIAR system to address issues like mission creep, complexity, and stagnating resources. It proposes consolidating research into "Mega Programs" focused on strategic objectives like crops, nutrition, and climate change. These programs would build partnerships and have clear impact pathways. The transformation would streamline governance and coordination to improve effectiveness and accountability.
DryArc Interface: R4D framework for collaboration between CGIAR and FAO on Dr...Francois Stepman
DryArc Interface
Chandrashekhar Biradar
Head of Geoinformatics and RDM Unit
Research Theme Leader- GeoAgro and Digital Augmentation
FAO e-Agriculture Webinar, June 15, 2020
Fragility, Conflict and Migration (FCM) & National Policies and Strategies (N...Omobolanle3
1) The document discusses a decision support system for strengthening landscape resilience planning and investment in Nigeria. It describes challenges like conflict, flooding, and displacement in the lower Benue River Basin.
2) It proposes a decision support system that provides data on water resources to stakeholders to facilitate informed decision making. Examples of decision support systems from IWMI are described.
3) The document outlines two objectives: 1) provide a decision support system and knowledge base for stakeholders, and 2) catalyze the scaling of climate-smart innovations and practices. Early warning systems are discussed as an example.
NPS Seminar Presentation - Seed Equal by Kwaw AndamOmobolanle3
1) Smallholder farmers, especially women and disadvantaged groups, are vulnerable to climate challenges that threaten agriculture due to inadequate seed systems and lack of access to improved seed varieties.
2) The initiative aims to support the delivery of climate-resilient, nutritious, and market-preferred seed varieties of priority crops to farmers, ensuring equitable access for women and disadvantaged groups.
3) The policy component will generate evidence-based policy recommendations and build capacity for inclusive and sustainable seed systems, with anticipated outputs including policy analysis tools and contributions to policy changes benefiting seed systems.
Fragility, Conflict, and Mobility by Prakash Silwal KantOmobolanle3
The Conflict, Fragility and Migration Initiative aims to provide evidence to support policies and programming that improve livelihoods, reduce poverty, and promote social inclusion in fragile and conflict-affected areas. It takes a four-pronged approach: 1) Anticipate, by strengthening early warning systems; 2) Bridge, by generating evidence on emergency responses; 3) Stabilize, by evaluating programs to stabilize livelihoods; and 4) Accelerate, by awarding grants to local innovators. The Initiative seeks to reach at least 10 million people in fragile contexts by 2030 through partnerships working at the intersection of humanitarian, development, and peace efforts.
GFPR 2022 Message for Africa Presentation.pptxOmobolanle3
The document summarizes key findings from the 2022 Global Food Policy Report on Africa. It notes that over 50% of Africa's population depends on rainfed agriculture and is highly vulnerable to weather volatility. Rising temperatures are negatively impacting yields, increasing prices and hunger. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the situation. While African countries have made commitments to climate-resilient food systems, only 15 of 51 reporting countries are on track to meet their goals. The document calls for prioritizing climate adaptation, sustainable intensification, investing in knowledge, increasing digital technologies, securing political support, and empowering local actors.
GFPR 2022 Nigeria June 23 _Report Overview and Policy Messages.pptxOmobolanle3
The document discusses the threats that climate change poses to global food systems and sustainability. It notes that climate change is exacerbating malnutrition and food insecurity through higher temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather. These impacts include reduced agricultural productivity, disrupted food supply chains, and displaced communities. The document calls for transformations to make food systems more resilient and adaptive to climate change through innovations, supportive policies, stakeholder collaboration, and other measures. It provides policy recommendations focused on areas like R&D, social protection programs, sustainable production and diets, and redirecting financial flows to support climate-smart food systems.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Preliminary findings _OECD field visits to ten regions in the TSI EU mining r...OECDregions
Preliminary findings from OECD field visits for the project: Enhancing EU Mining Regional Ecosystems to Support the Green Transition and Secure Mineral Raw Materials Supply.
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
About Potato, The scientific name of the plant is Solanum tuberosum (L).Christina Parmionova
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile
Synopsis (short abstract) In December 2023, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 30 May as the International Day of Potato.
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
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Monitoring Health for the SDGs - Global Health Statistics 2024 - WHOChristina Parmionova
The 2024 World Health Statistics edition reviews more than 50 health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work. It also highlights the findings from the Global health estimates 2021, notably the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
Resilient Aquatic Food Systems for Healthy People and Planet by Bernadette Fregene
1. Primary action area: Resilient Agrifood Systems
RAqFS expected benefits per Impact Area by 2030: 4 million people meeting minimum micronutrient
requirements; 7 million people benefiting from CGIAR innovations; 3.5 million women benefiting from CGIAR
innovations; reduction of 5.28 MT CO2 eq./y; 3.85 million hectares brought under sustainable management
Resilient Aquatic Food Systems
for Healthy People and Planet
Bernadette Fregene
WorldFish, Nigeria Office, Ibadan
2. www.cgiar.org
Main Focus
Investing in effective aquatic food system (AqFS) governance, informed by research, address the multiple threats by
eliminating the key systemic challenges facing the sector, offering transition pathways to a more just, nutritious,
healthier, lower-carbon, and climate-resilient food system.
Main approach is to address the following Key Systematic Challenges:
Lack of data (or access to it) has curtailed informed policy and investment decisionMaking (WP1)
With farmers often fail to consider the interests of stewards of the aquatic commons. Partnerships also don’t cross over
into wider food systems and ocean-economy policy spaces, leaving AqFS actors marginalized in development programs
and “blue economy” processes (WP2)
Aquatic foods have great potential to enhance water productivity, provide nutritious food, income and employment
opportunities, contribute to climate change mitigation and restoration of land-water systems – but are often overlooked in
water resource Management (WP3)
Genetic improvement programs in agricultural research have focused on crops and livestock and there has been limited
investment in the development/promotion of farmed fish varieties with the potential to minimize environmental impacts,
reduce GHG emissions and increase profitability for small-scale farmers (WP4); and
While there are many potential solutions to AqFS challenges and innovations to seize opportunities, these have not been
scaled because national Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) don’t extend to aquatic foods and the AIS approach hasn’t
been much used in the AqFS (WP5).
3. Key Research questions
What information and data needed at different scales, what tools, approaches and partnerships to
generate data, and how can the evidence generated by aquatic foods research influence
policymaking and private sector decisions and investments? (WP1).
How can access rights and management systems, including the rights and practices of traditional
small-scale actors, and national agendas and programmes for aquatic food system ensure the
benefits of aquatic foods and small-scale-actors in sustainable development? (WP2)
How and which scaling pathways are effective to upscale water and land integrated production
system and foster the adoption by small-holder farmers, and how and what design principles and
lessons can be applied to investments to upscale aquatic food production in water infrastructures to
enhance social inclusion of integrated systems into project design and policies? (WP3)
How to develop faster growing strains of tilapia with additional resilience traits that improve returns
for smallholders while reducing environmental impacts, and carp for multispecies rearing systems to
returns for smallholders and to develop sustainable genetic improvement programs for species in
high demand - African catfish? How to increase access to and the benefits of improved strains that
meet women andmen smallholder farmer preferences andneeds? (WP4)
What have been the key determinants of success and failure in large-scale adoption of previous
AqFS innovations, what role did innovation platforms and living lab type structures play in these
outcomes and how can the bottlenecks be addressed by new AquaLabs in efficient, equitable and
sustainable ways? (WP5)