We spoke with Hortense Mafouasson, Head of the Division of Crop Production at IRAD in Cameroon, about how CGIAR and IRAD are working together to strengthen national breeding capacity while ensuring breeding remains aligned with the country's priorities.
The Gender Action Learning System (GALS) empowers women and marginalized farmers by transforming restrictive household gender dynamics, ensuring equitable access to resources, decision-making power, and the successful adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices.
EcoFoodSystems, in partnership with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), the Alliance of Biodiversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and Efuye Gela have been co-developing a serious game about Ethiopia’s food-based dietary guidelines with adolescents studying in secondary schools in Addis Ababa.
Urbanization is rapidly transforming food environments in many countries, with 68% of the global population expected to be living in urban areas by 2050. In Viet Nam, where the urban population is projected to expand from 19% in 2000 to 50% by 2030, this trend is expanding access to a wide range of foods, including energy-dense and ultra-processed products. These changes bring both opportunities and risks, particularly for adolescents as they gain more autonomy over their food choices. But what does urbanization really mean for adolescent diets and nutrition?
The newly released State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) rightly emphasizes that “Today’s global challenges compel us to urgently address hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition as multiple crises increasingly disrupt global agrifood systems.”
Climate change is increasing risks for smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya, many of them women. Heat stress and reduced quantity and quality of fodder harm animal health, resulting in reduced milk quantity and quality.
After peaking in early 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, wheat prices have fallen over most of the past four years
Healthy natural resources are the foundation of food security, resilient livelihoods and sustainable development. By prioritizing conservation and integrated landscape management, countries can strengthen agricultural productivity while safeguarding the ecosystems that support long-term prosperity.