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Item CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology(Brochure, 2023-05) Quintero, Marcela; Wiederkehr Guerra, Gabriela Patricia; Staiger Rivas, Simone; Dickens, ChrisAgroecology is a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented approach aimed at enhancing food system resilience, equity, and sustainability. It forms part of CGIAR’s 2022-2024 Research Portfolio, delivering science and innovation to transform food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis.Item Annex to the 2022 Annual Technical Report of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology(Annual Report, 2022-12-29) CGIAR Initiative on AgroecologyAnnex to the 2022 Annual Technical Report of the CGIAR Initiative on AgroecologyItem Second Newsletter of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology [February 2023](Newsletter, 2023-02-08) Staiger Rivas, Simone; Wiederkehr Guerra, Gabriela Patricia; Quintero, Marcela; Dickens, ChrisWith this newsletter, the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology reflects on 2022 progress with the implementation of the Initiative, forming partnerships and characterizing the territories where agroecological innovations will be assessed and codesigned within particular social, economic and political contexts. With partners we are starting identifying the most suitable agroecological innovations and transition pathways.Item 50 years of growth at CIAT: Moments and milestones(Brochure, 2023-02) International Center for Tropical AgricultureThis expanded version of our timeline is a copy in pdf of the large-format timeline we installed on our Palmira campus in 2017 during CIAT's 50th anniversary. It displays photos, short texts, and cartoons, documenting CIAT's most significant moments and milestones in its first 50 years.Item Línea de tiempo 50 años de crecimiento en el CIAT: Forjando la sostenibilidad alimentaria futura desde 1967(Brochure, 2023-02) International Center for Tropical AgricultureLínea de tiempo de los primeros 50 años del CIAT publicada en formato libro en el marco de su aniversario 50 en 2017.Item Implementing research-based climate action for better adaptation(News Item, 2022-10-31) Kinyua, Ivy WambuiToday’s global challenges of poverty, malnutrition, climate change, land degradation, and biodiversity loss call for new research, solutions, innovations, and stronger partnerships that can deliver a higher impact. The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, building on its complementary mandates and extensive collaborations, delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve lives. The Alliance works with local, national, and multinational partners across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and with public and private sector players, to generate evidence and mainstream innovations in largescale programs to create food systems and landscapes that sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research and innovation partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.Item First Newsletter of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology [September 2022](Newsletter, 2022-09-15) Quintero, Marcela; Wiederkehr Guerra, Gabriela Patricia; Staiger Rivas, Simone; Dickens, ChrisAgroecology shows enormous potential for helping address these crises, and the time has come for more concerted action to realize its possibilities. We thank you for having expressed interest in receiving this newsletter from the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology. In this first edition we provide an overview of the Initiative, our set off webinar, and latest updates on partnerships, events, and publications.Item An Alliance for Accelerated Change Food system solutions at the nexus of agriculture, environment and nutrition(Brochure, 2020-05) Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATOur planet faces four interconnected global crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and malnutrition. Food systems are both a significant driver of these crises and a victim. Food systems can, and must, be part of the solution.Item Una Alianza para Acelerar el Cambio Soluciones de sistemas alimentarios en el nexo entre agricultura, medio ambiente y nutrición(Brochure, 2020-05) Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATNuestro planeta enfrenta cuatro crisis mundiales interconectadas: cambio climático, pérdida de la biodiversidad, degradación ambiental y malnutrición. Los sistemas alimentarios son a la vez un determinante importante de estas crisis y una víctima. Estos sistemas pueden, y deben, ser parte de la soluciónItem Including food systems, biodiversity, nutrition and dietary health in the zero draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: a joint submission from the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (the Alliance), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)(Report, 2020) Hunter, Danny; Souza Dias, Braulio de; Borelli, Teresa; DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.; Meldrum, Gennifer; Demers, Nicole R.This paper is a joint submission by the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (the Alliance), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), endorsed by: EAT; Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU); Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO). As outlined in this paper, consideration of the proposed revisions to the Zero Draft can strengthen progress towards achieving the vision and goals of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, while ensuring food and nutrition security for all people is achieved in an inclusive manner. This is based on sustainable, diverse and resilient food production systems that conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and its ecosystem services in agricultural and other managed ecosystems, as well as in natural ecosystems.Item Including access and benefit sharing in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: a submission from the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture(Conference Paper, 2019) Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATThe Alliance of Bioversity International (Bioversity) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is making this submission to the 23rd meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 23) as a contribution to the development of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Post-2020 Framework). This submission focuses on how access and benefit-sharing rules and practices could be included in the post-2020 framework. In summary, we propose that consideration of access and benefit-sharing issues in the Post-2020 Framework should expand beyond Aichi Target 16’s exclusive focus on the Nagoya Protocol, and promote the broader, mutually supportive implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.Item Una Alianza para Acelerar el Cambio. Soluciones de sistemas alimentarios en el nexo entre agricultura, medio ambiente y nutrición - Estrategia 2020–2025.(Report, 2019-12) Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATNuestro planeta – tanto humanos como el mundo natural – enfrenta cuatro crisis mundiales de relevancia para la Alianza de Bioversity International y el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT): cambio climático, pérdida de la biodiversidad, degradación ambiental y la denominada triple carga de malnutrición – hambre, deficiencias de nutrientes y sobrenutrición. Los sistemas alimentarios son a la vez víctimas de estas crisis – el cambio climático, por ejemplo, ya está afectando negativamente la productividad de los sistemas agrícolas en todo el planeta – y culpables de ellas – con la agricultura y los usos de la tierra relacionados a los que se les atribuye el 23 por ciento de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de origen humano y constituyen un factor importante de la pérdida de hábitats y biodiversidad. Pero esto no tiene que ser así. La Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT es una nueva empresa creada para cambiar esto. Esta estrategia unificada, la primera de la Alianza, combina las fortalezas de las dos organizaciones – que incluyen bancos de germoplasma, uso y conservación de la biodiversidad agrícola y arbórea, agricultura sostenible adaptada al clima, nutrición, agricultura digital, fitomejoramiento y métodos de investigación participativa – para desarrollar soluciones frente a estas crisis, con un enfoque claro para trabajar en el nexo entre agricultura, medio ambiente y nutrición. La estrategia ha sido diseñada desde el comienzo para generar impacto a escala, desde los niveles locales hasta globales, mediante una variedad de colaboraciones y nuevos modelos de negocio que cambien nuestras relaciones con actores claves para el desarrollo desde usuarios próximos hasta socios, coinversionistas y clientes. Tenemos una visión de sistemas alimentarios y paisajes que sostienen el planeta, impulsan la prosperidad y nutren a las personas. Para lograr esto, nuestra misión es brindar soluciones científicas que aprovechan la biodiversidad agrícola y transforman los sistemas alimentarios de manera sostenible para mejorar la vida de las personas en medio de una crisis climática. Lograremos nuestra misión a través de cuatro objetivos estratégicos: 1. Las personas consumen alimentos diversos, nutritivos e inocuos. 2. Las personas participan en mercados agroalimentarios incluyentes, innovadores y diversificados, y se benefician de ellos. 3. Las personas manejan sosteniblemente las fincas, los bosques y los paisajes, los cuales son productivos y resilientes al cambio climático. 4. Las comunidades y las instituciones usan y salvaguardan la biodiversidad agrícola de manera sostenible. La Alianza logrará esta visión nueva y holística empleando enfoques tales como las redes de innovación y las comunidades de práctica y fomentando nuevas alianzas y colaboraciones con inversionistas, el sector privado, innovadores disruptivos y similares, que construyan sobre nuestras redes existentes. Crearemos además formas novedosas de integrar a nuestros científicos y nuestros socios en equipos orientados hacia el logro de metas que generarán los resultados que la Alianza proyecta alcanzar y contribuirán a la Estrategia de Investigación 2030 de Un CGIAR. La estrategia está organizada en torno a seis ‘palancas para el cambio’ que, aplicadas juiciosamente, transformarán los sistemas agrícolas y alimentarios y los paisajes para enfrentar los retos de la creciente demanda de alimentos más nutritivos, manteniendo y mejorando a su vez nuestro medio ambiente y haciendo frente al cambio climático. Estos son puntos apremiantes en donde la investigación de la Alianza puede asumir un rol catalítico y nuestra intervención puede desencadenar efectos multiplicadores para lograr un cambio positivo.Item An Alliance for Accelerated Change: Food system solutions at the nexus of agriculture, environment, and nutrition - Strategy 2020–2025(Report, 2019-12) Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATOur planet – both humans and the natural world – faces four global crises of relevance to the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT): climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and the so-called triple burden of malnutrition – hunger, nutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition. Food systems are both a victim of these crises – climate change, for example, is driving down productivity of agricultural systems around the world – and a culprit – with agriculture and related land uses accounting for 23 percent of human greenhouse gas emissions and a major driver of habitat and biodiversity loss. But this doesn’t have to be so. The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is a new venture created to turn food and agriculture systems around. This, the Alliance’s first unified strategy, combines the strengths of the two organizations – including genebanks, use and conservation of agricultural and tree biodiversity, climate-smart agriculture, nutrition, digital agriculture, crop improvement, and participatory research approaches – to develop solutions to these crises, through a clear focus on working at the nexus of agriculture, environment, and nutrition. The strategy has been designed from the outset for impact at scale, from local to global levels, through a range of partnerships and new business models that change our relationships with key development actors from next users to partners, co-investors, and clients. We have a vision of food systems and landscapes that sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people. To achieve this, our mission is to deliver research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives in a climate crisis. We will achieve our mission through four strategic objectives: 1. People consume diverse, nutritious, and safe foods. 2. People participate in and benefit from inclusive, innovative, and diversified agri-food markets. 3. People sustainably manage farms, forests, and landscapes that are productive and resilient to climate change. 4. Communities and institutions sustainably use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity. The Alliance will achieve this new, holistic vision by employing approaches such as innovation networks and communities of practice and by fostering new alliances and partnerships with investors, the private sector, disruptive innovators, and the like that build on our existing networks. We will also create novel ways to integrate our scientists and our partners in result-oriented teams that will deliver the outcomes the Alliance envisages and contribute to the 2030 Research Strategy of One CGIAR. The strategy is organized around six ‘levers of change’ that will, applied judiciously, transform food systems and landscapes to meet the challenges of the burgeoning demand for more-nutritious food while maintaining and improving our environment and addressing climate change. These are pressure points where Alliance research can play a catalytic role, and our intervention can trigger multiplier effects for positive change.