West and Central African Food Systems Transformation
The CGIAR Initiative on West and Central African Food Systems Transformation aims to help realize the potential of agriculture to improve nutrition and food security by developing nutritious, climate-adapted and market-driven food systems.
Featured News & Events
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CGIAR in Africa: Accelerating the delivery of science-based innovations for climate resilience across Africa through partnerships
18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The inaugural session at the first-ever UNFCCC COP pavilion dedicated to food and agriculture featur…
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CGIAR launches initiative to transform West and Central Africa’s agrifood systems
21.06.22Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 21 June 2022 – A new Regional Integrated Initiative in West…
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Featured Resources
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publicationXXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): XII International Symposium on Banana: Celebrating Banana Organic Production
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publicationPeter Oppong’s inspiring journey: smallholder farmers like Oppong are reaping the benefits of solar-powered irrigation, a cost-effective and easy-to-implement technology
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Research activities
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Enabling sustainable intensification and diversification of food production
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Building resilience and reducing climatic risks in smallholder systems
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Developing sustainable landscape management plans and inclusive governance of agro-ecologies
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Catalyzing gender-responsive youth entrepreneurship and job creation
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Integrating and validating gender-transformative scaling readiness
Where We Work
- Burundi
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
Partners
Partnerships are essential to the success of CGIAR Initiatives. Each Initiative will engage a wide range of different types of partners supporting demand, innovation and scaling including: academic, training and research partners; private-sector partners; government and other public-sector partners; multilateral organizations; foundations; international, regional, national and local NGOs; and public–private partnerships.
