This month, IIRR embarks on a new regional research project entitled: Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) as Platforms for Resilience Building, Women Empowerment, Equity, and Sustainable Food Systems. This is a 26-month project supported by IDRC. The research is designed to...
Globally, amidst efforts to contain COVID-19 through massive lockdowns, an emerging concern on food insecurity decreases people’s chances of fighting this virus. As of writing, IIRR’s learning community in the municipality of Guinayangan, Quezon Province,...
PHILIPPINES – On 27 February, the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) convened food security and nutrition experts at IIRR’s headquarters in the Philippines to discuss the potential...
Bernardo Pelayo, 48, is a family farmer from Layong Mabilo Village, Cavite Province. Pelayo is a widower who has been raising his four children—two sons and two daughters—on his own for the last 21 years. He has been able to send all four of his kids to college...
Vegetable Garden in School Project: The Cavite, Philippines’ Experience for Enhancing Nutrition and Agro-biodiversity Background As part of a total response to mitigate hunger and improve nutrition situation, the Department of Education (DepEd) institutionalized...
Manang (elder sister) Connie never imagined her two pregnant goats will multiply so fast to become 11 goats in just 11 months and become her sustained source of livelihood when the cyclone struck down her coconuts and other crops in 2014. In Guiningayan, Quezon, IIRR...
Girls education in DRC empowers entire communityIn Education, Rural DevelopmentDecember 2, 2020
Resilience in the time of disruption – rural communities leadingIn COVID-19, Rural DevelopmentOctober 2, 2020
The rise of AffluenzaIn COVID-19, Environment, Rural DevelopmentSeptember 3, 2020
IIRR Welcomes SVP of Beyond Meat to Board of TrusteesIn Rural DevelopmentAugust 12, 2020
