Three years into the outbreak of violent conflict in Sudan, the crisis has become far more than a humanitarian emergency. Evidence presented at the Third Sudan Conflict Conference in Cairo in April 2026 showcased how the war has disrupted agriculture, markets, livelihoods, public services, and institutions, while forcing households and businesses to adapt under extreme pressure.
The workshop highlighted practical strategies for creating an enabling environment that supports women and marginalized farmers in accessing and adopting precision nutrient management within Vietnam’s One Million Hectares Program.
School meal programs improve children’s nutrition, food security, and mental well-being. When meals are produced locally, these programs also build more robust economies.
The conservation and protection of forests, as well as restoration of degraded landscapes, require substantial resources. Such initiatives are also said to restrict the access of forest-dependent communities to their resources.
In Malang, East Java Province, a prized way of eating cassava is tape singkong, fermented cassava roots which carry deep cultural significance, especially during the holy month of Ramadan. In recent years, tape singkong has moved from local to international markets. But even as demand for it grows, the area of land planted with cassava in the region is shrinking.
In early April, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Panama for the follow-up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit. The mood was, in many ways, encouraging: countries are moving forward.
The CGIAR Capacity Sharing Accelerator (CapSha) and the CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program, with ICRISAT, conducted an international training program on Agroecological/Landscape-Based Natural Resource Management (NRM) for Ethiopian national agricultural research and development partners from 28–31 July 2026 in Arba Minch, Ethiopia.