Launched at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the RAIZ accelerator will unite governments and investors behind a shared goal: restoring the world’s farmland to strengthen food security, tackle climate breakdown, and protect biodiversity. CGIAR supports RAIZ as a technical partner. RAIZ addresses one of today’s most urgent challenges. With over 1 billion hectares of agricultural land already degraded, food security, biodiversity,
Farmers, researchers, and counties in Nakuru introduced gender-transformative innovation bundles to boost yields and equality. Launched recently, the approach works because it tackles farming and social barriers together, improving resilience and decision-making. What if the biggest boost to farming in Kenya’s drylands wasn’t just better seeds, but better relationships, shared decisions, and stronger communities? It sounds surprising—but that’s exactly what farmers in Nakuru are
Through hands-on research, mentorship, and collaboration, the PISA unit is helping emerging scientists turn ideas into evidence and evidence into impact for sustainable food systems. At the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the path from data to impact is also a path of learning. Within the Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis (PISA) unit, early-career researchers develop real-world expertise in agricultural
By Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and Berber Kramer November 20, 2025 Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa face growing pressure to produce more on less land while contending with worsening impacts of climate change. The need for sustainable intensification has rekindled calls for a “Green Revolution” in the region, centered on the widespread adoption of modern inputs such as hybrid seeds and
A new system could overhaul maps that misclassify hundreds of thousands of smallholder coffee and cacao farmers as working in forests. Without better maps, deforestation regulations could ripple through markets from remote farms to a caffe mocha near you. Sample Earth, launched by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, helps mapmakers build accurate, inclusive maps to prevent smallholder farmers from being wrongly classified as producing major
Industrial agriculture drives global warming, biodiversity loss and and inequality: the world produces enough food for everyone but the global food system left 670 million people hungry in 2024. Is agroecology a solution? The debate heats up. View original article .wysiwyg a::after {margin-left: 10px;top: -1px;}
In a previous blog, we explored what Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are, and why they are essential for global climate action. Here we take a deeper look at one of the most strategic and vulnerable sectors in the face of climate change: agriculture and livestock production. In this blog, we explain how adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural sector
By Bushra Humaira Sadaf A team of researchers from the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), and Japan’s National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) has identified practical strategies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields without sacrificing yield, conducted across saline and non-saline regions of Bangladesh over consecutive rice seasons.