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The new CGIAR report “Achieving Agricultural Breakthrough: A deep dive into seven technological areas”, includes Agroecology as a pathway to achieve sustainable food systems. The report complements the Breakthrough Agenda Report 2023, developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions. Its agriculture chapter issues recommendations

Authors: Rosinah Mbenya, Country Coordinator, PELUM Kenya, and Lisa Fuchs, country focal point of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology In Kenya, climate change mitigation and adaptation are among the top priorities of national and county government policies. The country considers agroecological innovations to play a critical role in addressing these issues, and Kenya is currently developing a national agroecology strategy. 

Restoring degraded landscapes with the help of trees is a major, worldwide goal. But new research points to shortages of seeds, planting material and other resources to make commitments a success. Such is the case for four sub-Saharan countries studied If you are going to restore 24 million hectares of degraded land, a lot of things need to go right.

Food prices may be soaring but we’re still not paying the true cost of food. New research by the CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions is generating knowledge that will inform policies and investments to sustainably help countries deal with the environmental and social downsides of food systems without increasing price pressure on food. By Sean Mattson, CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive

A case of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology in Zimbabwe Authors of this blog: Vimbayi Chimonyo (CIMMYT – scientist, crop modeler), Frederic Baudron (CIMMYT – cropping systems agronomist), Dorcas Matangi (CIMMYT – assistant research associate) Food systems in marginal areas of Zimbabwe are vulnerable to climate variability and economic shocks. During the COVID-19 outbreak, governments imposed strict lockdowns that adversely

Authors: Dr. Céline Termote, Francis Oduor, Wyclife Agumba Oluoch and Rachel Kibui (The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) Photos by Wyclife Agumba Oluoch Climate change, increased reliance on processed food and landscape degradation threaten a potentially critical source of nutrition in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands. Work by CGIAR’s NATURE+ Initiative and partners points to actions to increase production

By Rachel Kibui with special thanks to Dr. Gloria Otieno and Lillian Aluso (The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative and partners recently began working with farmers in the Kenyan counties of Kisumu and Vihiga to design permaculture production practices. Permaculture – a form of agriculture that is based on working in tandem with natural systems

Author of this blog: Udo Rudiger, Agricultural Innovation Specialist, ICARDA – Tunisia Small-scale livestock farmers in Central Tunisia are suffering from scarcity of feed resources and increasing feed prices. Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, prices for feed concentrates have significantly increased from about 350 $ / ton to almost 500 $ / ton. In addition, the extreme drought