Valeria Piñeiro

Jan 26, 2024 | cgiar.org | suresh babu |Nandita Srivastava |Valeria Piñeiro |Brian McNamara

OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0Asia is home to55% of the people in the world affected by hunger—more than 400 million—and faces continuing threats to food security. The crises of recent years—including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, and climate-related shocks—have disrupted Asia’s food supply chains as they have around the world. Currently, rising temperatures, unpredictable weather patterns, and floods pose threats to the production of rice and wheat, key staple crops in the region.

Sep 1, 2023 | farmingfirst.org | Lysiane Lefebvre |Valeria Piñeiro |Brian McNamara |Joe Cornelius

Recent crisis-driven increases in food and nutrition insecurity, coupled with the growing threat of climate change, have highlighted the need for drastic changes in our food systems. In this context, expanding the cultivation and consumption of neglected crops presents a valuable opportunity to improve livelihoods and nutrition, while reducing the environmental impacts of food production — if sufficient resources can be invested into research and development.

Jul 26, 2023 | cgiar.org | Gloria Peralta |Adriana García Campos |Valeria Piñeiro |Elsa Olivetti

OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0Multilateral trade negotiations over agriculture present a complex set of challenges: Finding a balance between the diverse interests and positions of the 164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is exceedingly difficult due to the importance and varied sensitivities of this sector across countries.

Jun 21, 2023 | gmwatch.org | Lysiane Lefebvre |David Laborde |Valeria Piñeiro

By Lysiane Lefebvre, David Laborde, and Valeria Piñeiro As the food and climate crises continue to cause suffering around the world, one under-appreciated solution — neglected crops — could be a powerful tool to alleviate both crises in one of the worst affected regions: Africa.

Jun 5, 2023 | cgiar.org | Lysiane Lefebvre |David Laborde |Valeria Piñeiro |Martha Otieno

OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0As the food and climate crises continue to cause suffering around the world, one under-appreciated solution—neglected crops—could be a powerful tool to alleviate both crises in one of the worst affected regions: Africa.