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In order to close the funding gap and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), innovative approaches and system changes within the global food systems sector are crucial. While agricultural businesses have long been recognized as the backbone of African food systems, they face various obstacles that hinder their growth and impact. Access to finance remains a significant challenge, with high

The CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) collaborated to launch the Delta Talks, a webinar series focusing on the development and results of research activities on securing food systems and strengthening climate resilience in the Asian mega-deltas. Dr. Bjoern Ole Sander, lead of AMD and senior scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),

By: Dr Idil Ires, Postdoctoral Fellow: Water and Climate Policy Supporting policymaking in sustainable agri-food systems transformation in East and Southern Africa (ESA) is an aspiring yet daunting task. Such transformation needs a holistic approach covering all stages from farm to market without prevailing economic-environmental tradeoffs and must be informed by the needs of different stakeholders at any stage. It

For the second installment of the Delta Talks, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) presented a webinar on inclusive water governance in Bangladesh deltaic food-systems. Four experts from different institutes working under AMD shared on the challenges related to water governance and the Initiative’s efforts to address them. To provide the overview, Dr.

Images: The Forest Africa Zambia team and products. Photo credit: Forest Africa Zambia Ltd. What if indigenous wild fruit processing could catalyse sustainable economic development, environmental conservation, and healthier food choices? Forest Africa Zambia Ltd, a Zambian company, is redefining the landscape by focusing on organic and healthy indigenous wild fruits. In a country where rural communities face challenges

In Africa, women’s contributions to agriculture are immense, as they form the largest share of the agricultural labor force. However, women face numerous challenges that perpetuate their economic inequality. These challenges include limited access to quality farmland, the inability to mobilize male family labor, the absence of cash income and credit, and the burden of unpaid domestic work. The 13th 

CGIAR INITIATIVES Diversification in East and Southern Africa Primary Impact Area Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs Related Impact Areas

Scaling innovation is becoming increasingly important in the world of agricultural research for development (AR4D). Strengthening both science and practice capacity for scaling innovations is vital to better ‘understand’ the successes or failures of past scaling interventions, and to translate those lessons into more impactful scaling approaches for the future. Wageningen University and CGIAR, in collaboration with the CGIAR Regional