News Overview

The ECREA project is engaging farmers, researchers and institutions across East Africa in on-farm experiments launched in 2024 to test climate-informed practices that boost resilience and productivity in real farming conditions. Over the past two years, the project titled ‘Enhancing Climate Resilience in East Africa (ECREA)’ has worked with farmers, extension officers and local partners across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda

As the world looks toward COP30 in Belém, a new movement is taking root — one that blends biology, business, and belief in the power of farmers. During the latest Road to COP30 webinar, CGIAR Climate Action and Multifunctional Landscapes, Embrapa, and Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) brought together leaders from across continents to ask a simple but

At this year’s MED – Mediterranean Dialogues in Naples, the Migration Forum which held on October 15 cut to the chase. With public budgets shrinking, participants asked how to turn policy into investable pathways for mobility. Conversations explored in depth serious public-private partnerships and research-guided choices that can improve well-being and integration, address root pressures in places of origin, and

As 2025 draws to a close, the climate-security agenda feels less like a niche debate, growing sharper, more complex, and perhaps for the first time, more actionable. The intersection of climate change, migration, health, and conflict has become visible in courts, war zones, clinics, and mining fields. This year marked a shift from awareness to accountability. The question for 2026

Scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have published a new guideline on pioneer-positive deviance for the agricultural extension system in Ethiopia. The document provides guidance on how to use approaches that look for solutions on the ground, rather than imposing them, and work with farmers in building on those in a genuine co-design process with equal collaboration of

By Evgeniya Anisimova and Sami Husa October 31, 2025 Extreme poverty and fragility are increasingly converging, and so must the policies and financing designed to address them. This was the central message of an October 17 policy seminar, Tackling Extreme Poverty and Financing for Food Systems in Africa, organized by IFPRI on the margins of the 2025 World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual

by Melanie Connor, Alexis Ndayiragije, Joseph Bigirimana The Republic of Burundi lies in the center of East Africa and has emerged as a pivotal player in advancing regional food security through the strategic activities of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Since the establishment of the IRRI Regional Crop Improvement Hub in Bujumbura in 2013, it has become a center

On 15 October 2025, the A4IP Flagship Event convened leaders from research, industry, government, finance, and the startup ecosystem to explore how science based solutions in agrifood, climate, and sustainability can move from discovery to large-scale deployment in a rapidly changing world. View original article .wysiwyg a::after {margin-left: 10px;top: -1px;}