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The launch brought together a diverse group of stakeholders from the National Climate-Smart Agriculture forum and other pertinent stakeholders such as policymakers, researchers, development partners, private businesses, NGOs and civil society organizations.  The primary objective of the workshop was to launch the Ethiopia CSAIP and highlight the crucial role of the national Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) forum in driving its implementation.

Beyond its commercial focus, the fair celebrated regional integration, agricultural growth, and the relentless pursuit of innovation in the Great Lakes region. The Fair attracted over 270 entrepreneurs from South Kivu, North Kivu, and Tanganyika Provinces of the DRC, alongside 17 entrepreneurs from Burundi and 72 from Tanzania. Platform for agricultural innovation and collaboration The Alliance of Bioversity International and

When trees and livestock compete for land, the trees usually lose, but it doesn’t have to be this way. However, centrally designed plans to implement tree-livestock coexistence in deforested areas don’t always work on faraway farmland. The ineffectiveness can be due to trying to accomplish too much too quickly. Transforming hundreds of thousands of hectares of treeless or degraded pastures

During this session, Dr. Issa Ouedraogo – the Alliance’s Country Representative for Senegal – presented the AVENIR project (Adaptation and Valorization of Entrepreneurship in Irrigated Agriculture). Funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented in collaboration with MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates), this initiative aims to improve the socio-economic well-being and resilience of farming households in the country’s Tambacounda and Sédhiou

The challenges of climate change go beyond disruption to our physical environment, as it also influences global peace and security. As ecosystems deteriorate due to global warming, communities living on arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) face heightened risks of conflict over scarce natural resources such as water and grazing land. Recognizing the connections between climate change, peace and security is

Through our ongoing workshops in East Africa, we have trained over 300 farmers and extension officers on the PICSA tool. These workshops were supported and endorsed by key agricultural and meteorological institutions, as well as high-level government officials, demonstrating significant buy-in and ownership. They focused on utilizing climate information to enhance resilience to climate variability. This initiative aims to promote

Dr. Miles, a native of California, USA, moved to Colombia in 1973. He started at Peace Corps in Bogotá, where he learned Spanish, which was part of the program. Then, he traveled to Huila and began his journey in agriculture at ICA and later flourished at CIAT, where his unwavering passion and scientific rigor led to the development of Urochloa

“You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, inform them, and help them understand that these resources are their own: that they must protect them.” Professor Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Nobel Laureate and environmental activist. In Kenya, agriculture underpins socio-economic structures, with farming being a vital occupation that provides food and resources to communities. However, the intensive application of agrochemical