Global Strategy for Resilient Drylands

About Global Strategy for Resilient Drylands: 

• This initiative is spearheaded by CGIAR centres International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
• It provides a roadmap to enhance food security, conserve biodiversity and build resilient livelihoods for the 2.7 billion people inhabiting drylands, particularly in Asia and Africa.
• It was launched at the 16th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16) in Riyadh.
• It was developed through extensive consultations with national research organizations, governments, private sector partners, and civil society, ensuring its alignment with the specific needs of different dryland regions.

What is CGIAR?

• It was established in 1971, is a strategic partnership of diverse donors that support 15 international Centers, working in collaboration with many hundreds of government and civil society organizations as well as private businesses around the world.
• Vision: To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnership and leadership.
• Objectives
  • Food for People: Create and accelerate sustainable increases in the productivity and production of healthy food by and for the poor.
  • Environment for People: Conserve, enhance and sustainably use natural resources and biodiversity to improve the livelihoods of the poor in response to climate change and other factors.
  • Policies for People: Promote policy and institutional change that will stimulate agricultural growth and equity to benefit the poor, especially rural women and other disadvantaged groups.

Q1: What is the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)?

It is a non-profit, non-political public international research organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia & sub-Saharan Africa. It helps farmers by providing improved crop varieties and hybrids and also helps smallholder farmers in the drylands fight climate change.

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