At the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali, CGIAR Policy Innovations and AGRA convened leaders and researchers to discuss how Africa can overcome climate and geopolitical crises by asserting strategic agency over its agricultural future.
A major international push to accelerate agricultural innovation across the Global South took centre stage in New Delhi today, as the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation was commemorated amid mounting climate, water and food-security pressures across the world’s drylands.
Malawi faces significant economic and food security risks from overlapping El Niño impacts and Iran war fuel and fertilizer price shocks, a modeling exercise shows.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has published today a new peer-reviewed volume examining how global and regional agrifood systems may evolve over the next quarter century and what those changes could mean for food security, nutrition, livelihoods, and the environment.
Africa’s input subsidy programs have been the subject of a long-running reform debate. One strand of this debate proposes moving beyond blanket fertilizer recommendations toward more targeted ones that better reflect local conditions.
As climate change, competing water demands, and geopolitical uncertainty place increasing pressure on shared rivers and aquifers, countries sharing water resources face a common challenge: how can transboundary water agreements remain effective under rapidly changing conditions?
Despite heavy investment in solar-lift irrigation to fight water scarcity in Nepal's mid-hills, many projects quickly become non-functional. Research shows that while technical feasibility is prioritized, long-term success falters due to neglected governance, maintenance, and post-installation support.