Cultivate Communications

09/06/2026

🚜 Regenerative agriculture is not new. It is farming the way nature intended.

It reflects farming practices that work with natural cycles, living soil, biodiversity and ecological balance. The power of regenerative agriculture is that it looks to nature as the model. Instead of relying only on external inputs, it supports the natural processes that allow landscapes to renew themselves.

🎥 This is a snippet from “Data-Driven Solutions: Building Evidence for a Regenerative Farming Revolution”.

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05/06/2026

🔬🌱 If you’re curious what a career in agricultural research for development can look like, start here.

This is what we mean by people-led storytelling👇

No heavy explainer, just RAID members sharing their work and what pulled them into it.

Produced by our team for a program of with support from

11/02/2026

How soil can be the foundation for resilience, food and hope.

Watch the trailer for *If Not for Farming*.

Meet Sarah, a farmer in rural Kenya, and the community working to rebuild soil health with practical, low-cost regenerative techniques.

Selected for the Third Culture Film Festival in Tauranga, Aotearoa New Zealand. Screening 14 March.

Full details via link in bio.

12/03/2022

📣 The Crawford Fund has announced the launch of their 2022 Journalism Award, which has been on hold since 2019!

This award is part of their efforts to draw attention to the significant role Australians and Australian support play in the international agricultural research and development arena.

💬 Help us spread the word!

“In this, our 35th birthday year, we are proud to launch our Food Security Journalism Award, which has been on hold since 2019. It is part of our efforts to draw attention to the significant role Australians and Australian support play in the international agricultural research and development are...

11/03/2022

Prolonged drought and water scarcity are threatening the livelihoods of farmers in Kenya, but promising innovations are helping to increase productivity and resilience. In a new All Africa op-ed, Sara Mbago-Bhunu, former Commissioner, explains why investments and partnerships will be critical to ensuring future food security.

Read it here: https://cultivatecom.ms/3BZvgqF
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10/03/2022

💡 In a recent discussion paper, the International Food Policy Research Institute studied the effects of a cash transfer program on psychological well-being and investment behavior in Mali, where poverty rates are high and mental health resources are low. https://cultivatecom.ms/3hsl6oW

A brighter future: The relationships between cash transfers, mental health, and investments Dec 30, 2021jmcquaid Thu, 12/30/2021 - 10:18 A brighter future: The relationships between cash transfers, mental health, and investments Me...

09/03/2022

Historically, food systems research has either entirely overlooked aquatic foods or only focused on finfish production rather than aquatic food diversity and nutritional quality, says WorldFish.

To better understand the role of aquatic foods in food systems, WorldFish researchers have reviewed how aquatic foods are currently being examined in food systems literature and determined which system components, relationships and geographies have received the majority of attention.

Faced with numerous challenges to nourishing a growing population, food system researchers are looking to shift focus beyond food production to a more holistic approach. Food systems research, which examines multiple aspects of food from production through to consumption, seeks to understand the rel...

08/03/2022

How Bangladesh Became a Test Case for Women’s Empowerment. Don't miss this International Women's Day Op-Ed by Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact at CGIAR.

07/03/2022

The Crawford Fund is looking back over 2021 at a few highlights of what they achieved in traditional and social media coverage around food and nutrition security issues, our work and that of their partners. Check it out ⤵️

With tentative travel plans in the pipeline, the Fund is about to launch its Food Security Journalist award (stay tuned) but in the meantime, we are pleased to look back

06/03/2022

The Crawford Fund asked student awardee Nicola McGunnigle, from The University of Adelaide, for her advice for others interested in getting involved in international ag development. She said, "Follow your interests and passions, take opportunities when they arise, and always stop to hear others' voices and see the world from their view." Read her full Q&A below.

In July last year, we announced our 2021 Student Awardees – those talented students from around Australia selected by our State and Territory Committees to experience international agricultural research and development first-hand. The 2021 recipients will carry out research across a diverse range ...