
News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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ASEL Agri’s “Youth Trace Force” wins AGX Inspire Challenge 2025 with concept to support Kenyan coffee producers comply with EU regulations
Digital Transformation Accelerator20.08.25A youth-led tech initiative designed to help coffee farmers meet complex European regulations has wo…
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AGX Unconference – Nairobi 2025: Catalyzing collaboration and charting a course for Digital Agriculture
Digital Transformation Accelerator20.08.25The first AGX Unconference, a dynamic, participant-driven event, convened in Nairobi during 23-24 Ju…
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Strengthening Food Systems in Quezon City through Perennial Vegetable Production Training for Urban Farmers
Food Frontiers and Security Science Program20.08.25Participants Engaged in Hands-On Learning of Grafting Techniques/Photo- International Institute of R…
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The Frontlines Learning Exchange webinar series sheds light on science in difficult places
Food Frontiers and Security Science Program18.08.25FLEX shares critical knowledge on climate resilience from conflict-affected settings and offers a sp…
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Closing the knowledge gap: Research priorities for preventing child wasting
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)18.08.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
Preventing child wasting is more urgent than ever before. Nearly 43 million children worldwide suffe…
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Inside the global effort to defend rice from major diseases
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)18.08.25By Van Schepler-Luu & Myrtel Anne Valenzuela Rice diseases such as bacterial blight and blast…
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