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As part of the Private Sector Incentives and Investments (PSii) project contributing to the Agroecological Transitions program for building resilient and inclusive agricultural and food systems food systems (TRANSITIONS), a fieldwork expedition in the province of Padre Abad in the Ucayali region of Peru was carried out by the research team. The fieldwork aims at examining how farmers in the Curimaná

From being drivers of accelerated change to embracing the empowerment that such change entails, people are inarguably central in every development initiative. But more than halfway to the 2030 Agenda, recent evidence shows the world is lagging in its goal to achieve gender equality [PDF], displacing women to further disadvantage amid persistent and interlinked health, climate and humanitarian global crises.

Programs that allow for the trading of carbon credits or offsets aim to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. They could incentivize sustainable practices, such as conserving and restoring forests, through payments from generating carbon credits. But are these programs profitable? Not always. In many cases, the costs associated with certification, monitoring and reporting of emissions exceeded

At the 2022 COP-15 meeting,  signatories of the Convention on Biological Diversity reached a new agreement called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which contained provisions to establish a separate, multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism for the use of “digital sequence information” (DSI), that is, the biological data associated with, or derived from, genetic resources such as nucleotide sequences and epigenetic, protein, and

Launched in August 2023, the Sustainable Cocoa Innovation Challenge  aimed to empower entrepreneurs committed to preserving forests and advancing peace within the cocoa sector. The overwhelming response—393 applications and 87 nominations—showcased a wave of innovative solutions, reflecting a strong commitment to gender inclusivity and youth engagement. The Challenge targeted early-stage innovations within Colombia’s cocoa value chain contributing to one or more

September 26 and 27, London – A delegation from Alliance/CGIAR gathered with nearly 1000 leaders from across the agri-tech innovation ecosystem for the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform’s partnership with the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit. With an immersive exhibition booth and interventions in scheduled panel discussions, the delegation spotlighted CGIAR’s expansive portfolio of cutting-edge research and innovation; exposed CGIAR scientists

On 11th – 13th, October 2023, AICCRA Kenya held environmental and social safeguards sensitization meetings(E&S) in Lewa Conservancy, (Meru County), and Laikipia University farm, (Laikipia County) comprising the Lewa Conservancy and Laikipia University partners, the cluster lead farmers, and several group members. The training focused on understanding the concept of CSA technologies, their expertise in the techniques, and the opportunities

Over the past three years, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has been working across the Sahel region to design a regional intervention across Burkina Faso and Niger, to holistically improve to human livelihoods and the surrounding environment. Agrobiodiversity is at the heart of this effort: the project promotes indigenous and climate-resilient crops, developing value chains that provide incomes