Cambodia scales rice and fish through local governance
Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) like Boeng Ream are being integrated into Cambodia’s broader governance architecture for food security, nutrition, and climate resilience.
Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) like Boeng Ream are being integrated into Cambodia’s broader governance architecture for food security, nutrition, and climate resilience.
Did you know that almost everything you eat today was shaped by plant breeders? Everything we eat was designed. If it weren’t for plant breeders, our plates would be empty.
Launched in April 2026, Nigeria’s Policy Innovation Hub connects research evidence with practical implementation. By fostering high-level partnerships and demand-driven agendas, the Hub focuses on climate resilience, gender inclusion, and private-sector investment to transform Nigeria’s agrifood systems and provide a scalable model for regional policy reform.
The Malawi Policy Innovation Hub, launched in February 2026, serves as a "one-stop shop" to translate agricultural research into actionable policy. By aligning CGIAR’s global expertise with national priorities, the Hub addresses fragmented coordination and implementation gaps to foster a resilient, inclusive, and market-driven food system.
This blog post is part of a special monthly series entitled “Making a Difference,” documenting the impact of IFPRI's projects and initiatives. These stories reflect the wide breadth of the Institute's research, communications, and capacity-strengthening activities around the world, in fulfillment of its mission. The blog series has been peer-reviewed by IFPRI's Impact Committee members.
A recent study published in the journal of Environmental Research: Food Systems, examines how trade in aquatic foods can contribute to nutrition security across regions, using the dried dagaa (small pelagic fish) fishery in Zanzibar, Tanzania, as a case study. The authors introduce the concept of “nutrition-sensitive trade,” which refers to trade that delivers and balances access to nutrient-dense foods to multiple spatially distant populations, including nutritionally dependent or nutritionally vulnerable groups, without undermining the nutrition security in the communities where food is produced, whether agricultural, coastal, or riparian.