Science Week 2025 is Now

The inaugural CGIAR Science Week gets underway in Nairobi, Kenya. 

From 7 to 12 April, CGIAR and the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) will convene science leaders and global decision-makers in Nairobi, Kenya, for the inaugural CGIAR Science Week.   

Over 10,000 delegates, including farmers, science experts, policymakers, partners, and funders, will convene in person and online at Science Week. We share a common goal to strengthen global food security and smallholder livelihoods via groundbreaking science and innovation that boosts agricultural productivity while safeguarding the environment. 

With an Opening Ceremony featuring H.E. Musalia Mudavadi – Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya and H.E Mutahi Kagwe  – Cabinet Secretary Agriculture & Livestock Development of Kenya, along with UN Nairobi Director General H.E Zainab Hawa, CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi, KALRO Director General Eliud Kireger, and others, Science Week marks a milestone in knowledge sharing of cutting-edge agricultural science and technologies. The event is also an opportunity for stakeholders to investigate new investment pathways that accelerate agricultural research in the face of mounting global agricultural challenges. 

“The urgency of challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and food insecurity demands that we move beyond incremental change and into transformative action. Science Week highlights the critical role that science, innovation, and collaboration must play in building a more resilient and equitable food future.” Ismahane Elouafi 

Plenary speakers, along with a full schedule of events, exhibitions, field trips, and workshops, can be found HERE 

Science Week also marks the roll-out of CGIAR’s new Research Portfolio 2025-2030, a significant scale-up in our ambition and capacity to tackle the impact of some of the world’s most pressing environmental and nutritional challenges. This groundbreaking six-year initiative, CGIAR’s longest to date, will channel $6-$12 billion in estimated funding to deliver critical research for over 100 countries and 3,000 local partners, fostering sustainable farming, food security, and livelihood resilience. 

The world’s most vulnerable populations are increasingly burdened by heightened food insecurity and malnutrition, deepening poverty and health issues, and widening social inequality, driven by a perfect storm of population growth, dwindling natural resources, socioeconomic pressures, overburdened health systems, and diminishing investment in agricultural research. CGIAR Science Week invites leaders and experts to explore ways to advance research and innovation, inspire action, and establish critical partnerships that deliver resilient livelihoods and sustainable food systems that nourish people and the planet.   

VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE VIA LIVE COVERAGE OF PLENARIES/EVENTS 

This will be available to everyone who registered (you can still register for virtual attendance HERE). Live links to plenaries/events will be available on the same link.  Recordings will be accessible for one week.