News Overview

From restoring forests in Kenya to improving livestock services in Nepal and fish processing on Lake Victoria, the 2026 CGIAR Scaling Fund winners show what agricultural innovation can offer when it reaches the people who need it. Eight innovations across seven CGIAR Centers and ten countries span crop advice, irrigation, livestock, fisheries, rice processing, fertilizer recommendations, restoration and integrated health services.

The International Potato Center (CIP) is partnering with the Crop Trust to launch a new phase of the BOLD project. It aims to turn useful traits from potato wild relatives into a resilient new variety, while strengthening seed systems to get better potatoes into farmers’ fields.

IWMI researchers found a 26% increase in water demand between 2010 and 2020, with the data set to benefit decision-making in water management throughout Africa.

Governments can protect the diversity that agriculture depends on by funding the genebanks that safeguard it.

High sugar prices in India are largely driven by domestic factors. Falling production, low stocks, and tight supplies matter more than global market trends.

WHO describes four core principles of a healthy diet: adequacy, balance, moderation, and diversity. Diversity is defined as "inclusion of a wide variety of nutritious foods within and across food groups" (WHO healthy diet fact sheet). The word "within" is often easy to overlook.

From digital soil mapping and nutrient management to decision-support tools for farmers and policymakers, the focus of soil science is increasingly shifting from generating information to applying it.

The African-led collaboration aims to build a coordinated African response to late blight; one of the most destructive diseases affecting potato production worldwide. Drawing on the experiences and lessons learned from established regional networks, including AsiaBlight, Tizón Latino and EuroBlight.