New paper explodes a ‘breadbasket’ myth: African food production for African...
A farmer in Ghana’s Upper West Region (photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT). The following extracts are from an opinion piece published today and written by Timothy Searchinger and Philip Thornton. ‘Africa...
View ArticleCGIAR Innovation Platform Case Study Competition: And the winner is . . .
Innovation platforms mind map (graphic by former ILRI scientist Birgit Boogaard, Wageningen UR). The CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics (CRP Humidtropics), led by the...
View ArticleAll flesh is grass (except in Nigeria, where it might be cassava peel)
Peeling cassava in Oyo State, Nigeria (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Scientists are developing a way of transforming the mountains of cassava peels created every day in Nigeria, where cassava is a...
View ArticleWinners of the Humidtropics ‘Innovation Platforms Case Study’ competition...
Participants at the award ceremony pose for a photo with the winners of the competition (seated, left to right): Perez Muchunguzi (3rd place), Rebecca Kalibwani (1st place) and Thanammal Ravichandran...
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