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Share ICARDA scientists alongside IWMI and IFPRI and 70 other stakeholder sand organisations, participated at the UNFSS Independent Dialogue on Central Asia dialogue framed around the theme “Advancing Water-Energy-Food (WEF) approaches to achieve food systems transformation in Central Asia.” UNFSS Asia On April 15, 2021, ICARDA participated at an Independent Dialogue on Central Asia in preparation of the United Nations Food Systems’ Summit (UNFSS). Organized by IWMI and IFPRI, under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, the dialogue was framed around the theme “Advancing Water-Energy-Food (WEF) approaches to achieve food systems transformation in Central Asia.” The dialogue convened over 70 participants from international and regional organizations and agencies from Central Asian countries, research institutes, the Academy of Sciences, NGOs, the private sector, donor agencies and CG Centers. ....
Researchers can predict restoration interventions with high likelihood of economic returns. In a world where the well-being of 3.2 billion people is undermined by the degradation of land and ecosystems according to United Nations’ estimates, scientists have increased effort towards finding sustainable fixes. The situation is most difficult in countries like Ethiopia, which is under immense pressure from a rapidly growing population, increasingly frequent droughts, widespread poverty and lack of alternative employment opportunities. All this is driving overexploitation of the country s natural resources. There have been various efforts at implementing restoration plans but the challenge of predicting short- and long-term outcomes remains key, hence, the significance of a recent breakthrough by researchers from World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and development partner WeForest. ....