🌾 Exciting news! Initiative TAFSSA has created a comprehensive regional dataset on agricultural biodiversity in South Asia. This helps understand the patterns, drivers, and impacts of #agrobiodiversity on #foodsystems. Explore the insights👉shorturl.at/cwvud🌱📊

Great work using the Met Office NAME atmospheric dispersion model, led by Jake Smith with Will Thurston Timothy J. Krupnik CIMMYT Cambridge Plant Epidemiology and Modelling Met Office Science and Nepal Agriculture Research Council co-authors, under the ARRCC programme cimmyt.org/projects/asia-…

Attention ag-tech trailblazers! Join #CIMMYT at the International Digital Ag Forum 🌱 Showcase your innovation in AI, blockchain, big data, LLMs, IoT, or mobile apps! Apply by July 9th 👉 digitalagforum2024.com #DigitalAgNepal2024 #AgTech #Innovation #SustainableFarming

🌾📢 New Publication Alert! Our latest research on advancing crop disease early warning in South Asia combines expert surveys with internet media scraping. Discover how we tackle wheat rust in Nepal & Bangladesh. Read more👉 shorturl.at/d7RIs

Initiative TAFSSA #PolicyNote findings👉 Nepal’s irrigation policy must prioritize groundwater use amid climate change, migration, and urbanization. Read more👉shorturl.at/oL325

📢 New TAFSSA Discussion Paper 📑 "Climates’ Dual Grip: Mapping Upper and Lower Bounds for Thermal Stress Risk for Rice, Wheat, and Maize in Bangladesh." 🌾🌡️ Discover the critical insights on food production stability amid climate change. Read more👉shorturl.at/MxaLK

See our latest story here: Eight-year study in India by CGIAR and ICAR scientists suggests adoption of Conservation Agriculture can boost yields and manage an increasing carbon footprint cimmyt.org/news/eight-yea…

On #EarthOvershootDay, CIMMYT calls for increased attention to the interplay between environmental health & efficient, abundant food production through sustainable practices. Read the key lessons from a recent 8-year study done in🇮🇳by CGIAR & Indian Council of Agricultural Research. bit.ly/3WwcRfA

Did you miss our TAFSSA 12th webinar on ‘Who does what within the household? A novel tool to measure gender roles in the agrifood system’? Here's the recoding 👉shorturl.at/o49hN

Researchers around the world are working together to shift the axis of scientific influence, bringing scientists of the Global South into the spotlight and building a more equitable research enterprise. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/7XL

Initiative TAFSSA #DataNote shows female shoppers dominate food purchases in Banke, Nepal, with 46% buying unhealthy foods. Price drives 70% to shop in city markets, but 94% find healthy foods too expensive. To learn more 👉shorturl.at/evQBw

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Initiative TAFSSA's latest assessment in Nalanda, India, reveals critical insights: 91% of shoppers find healthy foods unaffordable, and 61% of shoppers are male. Read more👉shorturl.at/Jwge6

Taking #Bangladesh as an example, CIMMYT’s work in the country highlights the critical need to link research with policy to achieve sustainable agricultural practices, enhance food security, and improve farmer livelihoods. #Read how it’s progressing: bit.ly/4fWsnKu

I was honoured to meet Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government of #Bangladesh & #NobelPrize Laureate. He was fully aware of CGIAR in Bangladesh including CIMMYT, IRRI 🌾 , International Potato Center, IFPRI & @IWMI. Our #partnership for #sustainable #agrifood systems continues.

📢 Calling the Private Sector! 🌍 🌾 Join CGIAR #UUInitiative's workshop on the Scaling Science Program and discover solutions and scaling pathways for agrifood systems in ESA at AFS Forum 2024. Sign up now 👉 bit.ly/4cIUTg7 #OneCGIAR Inga Jacobs-Mata Timothy J. Krupnik NoraH

📊 New insights from TAFSSA's District Agrifood Systems Assessment in Rangpur, Bangladesh: 80% of food shoppers are male, with a preference for local markets (haats) due to convenience. However, 28% still buy unhealthy foods. Read more👉shorturl.at/HG5wD

Food purchasing in Surkhet, Nepal reveals gender-based patterns: 75% of shoppers are women, 91% find healthy foods expensive, and 79% shop at retail outlets. Despite the cost, there’s a desire to buy more healthy foods if incomes increase. Read more👉shorturl.at/J4loc

CGIAR's #Scaling for #Impact Program design #team is a #DreamTeam. Great #scientists from all over the globe came together this week in #kenya to chart the next 6 years course to move #agrifood systems #research into #impact. Most #fun I have had in ages, too! 🤝🏴‍☠️