What does investment actually change? Africa no longer lacks ideas about what works. The real challenge is to create the conditions to finance those ideas, deliver them, and take them to scale, by connecting proven solutions with the policies, institutions, finance, and markets that turn them into lasting impact.
A regional field exchange at Nam Cuong Cooperative in Vietnam brought together Asian research partners to explore low-emission rice production, rice-straw composting, and sustainable potato farming, fostering shared learning on resilient, circular farming systems.
The 19th installment of the Delta Talks explored how approaches to the delta have evolved from colonial and management practices toward caretaking, and examining the challenges and opportunities for building resilience.
Ram Dhulipala, CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator Director at IRRI headquarters in August, outlining the vision for a shared, digital- and AI-ready ecosystem across CGIAR at IRRI Headquarters in the Philippines.
The Philippines has opened its first dedicated facility for agricultural genomics, the Agricultural Genomics Research Center (AGRC), creating a national hub for advanced genomics, bioinformatics, and related technologies for agricultural research and crop improvement.
At Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator and Emerging Ag convened a session on “Gender and AI: Women Shaping Africa’s Digital Agrifood Futures”. Researchers, technology developers, policymakers, investors and practitioners discussed what it would take to make AI-enabled agrifood systems genuinely inclusive. A few ideas stood out.
By transforming agricultural waste into mushrooms, compost, and low-emission rice production, Mr. Dong Van Canh and the New Green Farm Cooperative created a sustainable circular enterprise that lowered farming costs, generated new revenue streams, and expanded local employment opportunities in Vietnam.
By combining custom-hire machinery models, gender-inclusive scheduling, and national climate policy integration, IRRI and CGIAR enabled Cambodian smallholders to adopt mechanized direct seeded rice, significantly boosting yields and profits while cutting input costs and emissions.