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Ceramic stove eases strain on African forests
A cooking stove that has become popular in Kenya and neighbouring countries has taken pressure off Africa’s threatened forests by reducing the demand for wood and charcoal.

Maize gene banks help farmers adapt to new challenges
Small-scale farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico, whose farming traditions are threatened, now have access to more native corn varieties from across the region, allowing them to breed local strains more adaptable to environmental challenges.

Resilient bamboo and rattan anchor environmental revival
Bamboo and rattan are at the centre of major initiatives in Asia, Africa, and Latin America that are combatting global warming, fighting soil erosion, protecting forests, and enhancing communities’ access to water.

Securing land rights defuses conflicts in Cambodia
The hill people in Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province set a powerful precedent that has served as a model for the country’s land tenure laws.

Agriculture and Environment

Program area focus:  

  • Ensuring secure sources of food and water for the poor in both rural and urban areas by focusing on institutional development, production technology, local resource management, and by appropriate policy choices;
  • Improving human health and well-being by better managing ecosystems;
  • Protecting local management and control of biodiversity in light of global initiatives and policies governing genetic resources.

Program initiatives:


  • Enfoques Ecosistémicos en Salud Humana
    Esta iniciativa apoya investigaciones sobre la relación entre todos los componentes de un ecosistema, con el fin de definir y evaluar los problemas prioritarios que inciden en la salud de las personas y en la sustentabilidad de su ecosistema.
  • Environmental Economics
    This program aims to strengthen local capacity for the economic analysis of environmental problems so that researchers can provide sound advice to policymakers.
  • WaDImena
    The Regional Water Demand Initiative for the Middle East and North Africa (WaDImena) promotes water demand management approaches and policies in the region.
  • Pobreza Rural y Medio Ambiente
    PRMA apoya investigación focalizada en las necesidades de las poblaciones pobres rurales que viven en ecosistemas frágiles o degradados.
  • Programa de Pobreza Urbana y Ambiente (UPE)

    El Programa sobre Pobreza Urbana y Medio Ambiente (UPE) financia investigación y actividades en países en desarrollo  que apliquen enfoques integrados y participativos para reducir las cargas ambientales que afectan a los pobres de las ciudades y mejorar el uso de los recursos naturales con el fin de propiciar la seguridad en materia de alimentos, agua e ingresos.





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