Food systems resources within CGIAR

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• A4NH: Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
• FTA: Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
• PIM: Policies, Institutions, and Markets
• CCAFS: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
• WLE: Water, Land and Ecosystems
• Gender Platform

New Information

Following is a more extensive list, in no particular order, highlighting some of the innovations in which the Netherlands has played a role.

• Zero tillage to reduce air pollution in India
• World changing wheat
• Biocontrol for aflatoxins and mealybugs
• Food safety and the One Health approach
• Climate-Smart Villages and Valleys
• Agroforestry and Payment for Ecosystem Services
• A global shift toward landscape approaches
• Cassava to support a multibillion-dollar industry
• High-iron pearl millet for better health
• Establishing the links between forests and food
• Models and methodologies to track emissions
• A global tree knowledge platform
• Improved potatoes for millions in Asia
• Biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potato
• Holistic watershed development
• Community participation in forest conservation and management
• Fertilizer micro dosing
• Harnessing the power of data to transform food systems
• Supplemental irrigation
• Capacity development and training curricula for farmers and scientists
• Pro-poor dairy policy in East Africa and India
• Cash transfers to combat poverty malnutrition and domestic violence
• Farro, quinoa, and rocket back on the table
• Hardier bananas and plantains
• Better beans for Africa
• Crops bred to improve nutrition
• An index to tackle hidden hunger
• Bioreclamation to secure women’s rights to land
• An index for measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture
• Stories to end malnutrition
• Real-timing mapping of deforestation
• Affordable insurance for smallholder farmers and herders