In western Uganda, community seed banks are key for maintaining agricultural diversity and climate resilience. A new training initiative is now empowering these farmers with the production and business skills to transform their seed banks into sustainable and income-generating enterprises.
In the face of complex challenges, the Alliance finds hope in coalitions established at COP30: three initiatives to boost resilient landscapes and measure carbon removal. Countries’ continued commitments and climate-smart investments offer a model to inspire further food systems transformation.
How can Latin American countries demonstrate their commitment to climate action? Representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador met in Guatemala City for the GIC-LAC Regional Workshop in 2025. Over three days, they shared experiences and developed strategies to improve how their country monitors and reports greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agricultural and the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sectors.
Responding to complex crises requires new systemic research approaches that help identify entry points for programmes that can simultaneously address risks of different nature while building long-term resilience of affected populations. Under CGIAR’s Food Frontiers and Security (FFS) and Climate Action Science Programmes (CASP), CGIAR’s Climate Security team has piloted a new research approach in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique, combining
The Green Revolution stands as one of the most transformative periods in modern agricultural history. Emerging during the mid-20th century, it marked a global effort to enhance agricultural productivity through scientific innovation, particularly in developing nations facing persistent food insecurity.
In May 2024, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners shared news of the first drone flights over rangeland animals in Africa to test whether this technology could help measure livestock methane. Now, the results have been published, and they show that drones deliver accurate, reliable methane measurements. Ruminant livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, and camels produce methane
In October, the world convened in Des Moines for the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue under the theme “SOILutions for Security”, we are reminded that soil is far more than just what lies beneath our feet—it is the living foundation of resilient food systems, climate adaptation, biodiversity, nutrition and global stability. Yet many of the technical and agronomic advances in soil health
At this year’s Asia-Pacific Forestry Week in Thailand, Alliance experts - through the regional network APFORGEN - called on government leaders, development partners and restoration practitioners to focus on strengthening tree seed systems to transform healthier forests that feed the future.