In March, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Sokoine University of Agriculture with partners including Irish Aid and the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IF…
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African Development Bank green lights US$63M multi-CGIAR Center R4D initiative
The African Development Bank has approved a US$ 63.24 million fund package for the implementation of a 5-year, multi-CGIAR Center project dubbed “Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa” (SARD-SC). It is a rese…

Cameroon reaps benefits of investments in agricultural research for development
Funding for cassava research for development in Cameroon is having a positive impact with farmers recording increases in yield, fewer pests and disease pressure, improved livelihoods and more money in their pockets.
Participatory action research on climate change – ICRISAT and ICRAF to develop community-based climate-smart agriculture in West Africa
Aiming to develop options of climate-smart agriculture that could be upscaled for smallholder farmers, ICRISAT and ICRAF-The World Agroforestry Centre, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change…
Smallholder farmers to benefit from second phase of tropical legumes project
With US$ 21 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Tropical Legumes II project will get a boost in implementing research-for-development initiatives to overcome productivity constraints and nonavailability and lack of access to quality…
