Varanasi, July 23, 2025 — Presently, agriculture is facing the dual challenge of climate change and agrobiodiversity loss. Microbial technologies can be one of the vital solutions to achieve resilient and climate-smart farming systems. Using agriculturally important microorganisms (AIMs) offer promising, low-cost, and sustainable alternatives.
In the mountains, valleys, and plains of Honduras, when the sky hints at rain or the sun bears down relentlessly, there are watchful eyes observing, hands measuring, and voices reporting. These are farmers who, beyond tending their crops, have taken on a crucial role in climate change adaptation: becoming community climate observers. This is how the National Network of
July 22, 2025, Mbé, Côte d’Ivoire – In a landmark visit that signals a new era for Nigerian rice production, Dr. Baboucarr Manneh, Director General of Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) welcomed H.E. Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago, Niger State Governor, alongside Côte d’Ivoire national and local authorities. This high-level meeting has resulted in an ambitious partnership aimed at transforming Niger State into a
Group photo of workshop participants (photo credit: IWMI). With marine fish stocks declining and rural livelihoods under strain, small reservoirs in northern Ghana are emerging as promising alternatives for aquaculture-based food and income security. On June 10, 2025, 37 stakeholders from policymakers and researchers to fish farmers and private sector actors gathered in Tamale, Ghana to co-design inclusive,
By Khalid Siddig July 25, 2025 Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been displaced. Health and education systems have collapsed and food insecurity threatens over half the population of about 50
14 JULY 2025 (LAGUNA, Philippines) — “Bundling agricultural credit with crop insurance has the potential to expand rural financial markets for smallholder and marginalized farmers in Odisha,” stated Dr. Patrick Ward of the University of Florida during the SIRS Seminar on the “Impacts of an innovative credit + insurance bundle for marginalized farmers: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial in
Hosted by the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the consultation brought together a cross-section of actors – from senior government officials and researchers to farmers, community leaders, private sector innovators, and development partners. Together, we set out to co-develop an intervention that does more than plant trees.
Attached to every cashew nut is a fleshy, brightly colored false fruit – the cashew apple – which often ends up rotting on the ground. In Agnack, Ziguinchor region of Senegal, producer Segniore Mendy is transforming this neglected by-product into a sought-after raw material for plant-based “meat” now gaining traction in the national market. Backed by Nutrivies – a