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Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, on how food security is deeply interconnected across borders, with implications for trade, price stability, and economic resilience.

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and its partners continue to play a critical role in shaping sustainable agri-food systems across Africa and beyond. Through the CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Program, the Alliance envisions landscapes that are not only productive but also diverse, healthy, and resilient.

In Vietnam’s Northern uplands, ethnic farming communities are linking agriculture, biodiversity, and tourism. Could agro-ecotourism become a pathway for sustainable rural development and resilient food systems?

By building an AI-powered “digital brain” that analyzes field data from across the globe, CGIAR and Google aim to improve breeding efficiency, standardize agricultural data, and deliver better crop varieties faster, while also strengthening food security monitoring in vulnerable regions.

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.

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), launched the CGIAR India Policy Innovation Hub, a co-creation platform designed to strengthen evidence-led policymaking for transforming India’s food systems.

In the Amazon, the word "food" almost never refers only to food. Sometimes it's a fish that arrives when the river rises and overflows. Sometimes it's a cassava that is saved from flooding. Sometimes it's a bunch of plantain that holds out for a few more weeks, or a long walk to find what the bush still offers. And, increasingly, “food” is also a price: what rice costs at the store, how much oil goes for when transport is delayed, what can be bought when cash falls short.

In March 2026, smallholder farmers in Kiserian, Kenya, joined a four-day ABCD training under CGIAR’s Multifunctional Landscapes program to strengthen agroecology by shifting from deficit-based thinking to asset driven, community led development.