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Today's global population of 7 billion is predicted to expand to more than 9 billion by 2050. Will that more crowded world be able to produce enough food for everyone? And should livestock be part of evolving food security plans? In this 26 minute seminar, Mario Herrero, agro-ecological systems a...

Jemimah Njuki is a specialist in issues related to women and gender in agriculture. In this short film she explains her belief that farm animals could be one way for poor women to make money, feed their families better and educate their children. "Owning animal assets gives women power" says Njuk...

Live from Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20, 18 June 2012 http://www.agricultureday.org Speakers: - Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Brazil - Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Roberto Rodrigues, Coo...

From 6 to 8 December, CCAFS theme 1 organized a workshop staged on the Addis Ababa campus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The workshop titled 'Developing climate-smart crops for 2030 world' involved over 40 participants from 16 countries, broadly divided along either sid...

Parallel Sessions 3: Dealing with Shocks. Delia Grace, Program Leader, Food Safety and Zoonoses, Integrated Sciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya, panelist at Parallel Session 3F on "Health Shocks: Dealing with Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health Crises." IFPRI ...

CIAT's Andy Jarvis provides our first-ever video diary, from his visit to London's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Andy is in the UK to plan the early stages of an ambitious project to document, collect and conserve endangered wild plan species around the world.