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The inaugural session at the first-ever UNFCCC COP pavilion dedicated to food and agriculture featured CGIAR’s three Africa-based Regional Integrated Initiatives (RIIs) and their efforts in accelerating the delivery and scaling of science-based innovations for climate resilience across Africa. The session emphasized the vital role of partnerships and leveraging the most impactful scaling mechanisms that have already catalyzed systemic change

NAIROBI, November 23, 2022 — The underlying reasons for poor agricultural performance in climate-change affected East and Southern Africa (ESA) is the low efficiency of agricultural value chains and lack of resilience against climate shocks. And farmers are the most affected by those inefficiencies and threats. The significant hurdles faced by agricultural value chains include access to affordable inputs,

Bridging knowledge and coordination gaps for resilient maize production and a better enabling environment for agribusiness and trade that will prosper livelihoods. NAIROBI, November 21, 2022 — Maize accounts for 65 percent of calories consumed by Kenyan households, 40 percent of crop area, and is mainly cultivated by smallholders. It provides the backbone of agriculture in Kenya. But erratic rainfall,

Por Ma. Eliza J. Villarino (traducido al español por Karoll Valentina Yomayuza) Durante los últimos cuatro años, investigadores de la Alianza de Bioversity International y sus socios, en el marco de un proyecto financiado por la Iniciativa Climática Internacional de Alemania, han analizado cómo el uso sostenible del suelo, como el cacao agroforestal orgánico y los sistemas silvopastoriles, afectan a

The CGIAR Research Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa hosted a National Policy Dialogue to understand Kenya’s needs in the enabling environment to support resilient agriculture. By Nilu Rajapakse Agriculture is rainfed in Kenya and employs more than 40 percent of the total population, constituting more than 70 percent of rural smallholder farmers, and contributes to 20 percent

By Saba Ermyas CGIAR’s regional initiative Ukama Ustawi (UU) partners in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region, CGIAR (IWMI, ILRI, IFPRI, ABC, CIMMYT, WorldFish, IITA), and GIZ scaling experts came together in Nairobi from 22–24 November to discuss scaling agri-food system innovations where they launched the CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator program on 23 November at the International Livestock Research

Government ministries, researchers, NGOs, businesses, and others come together to debate policy priorities for Zambia to strengthen agriculture in the face of climate change. By Sean Mattson and Idil Ires Lusaka, ZAMBIA – Zambia’s leaders are clear about where they see their country a decade from now. “This country aspires to be a prosperous, middle-income country by 2030,” said Joy

The combined impacts of climate change, rising populations, scarce resources, and growing demand for food are undermining economic development and food security in Africa. To meet these multiple challenges, smallholder farmers, who dominate the agricultural sector, need to be geared up. However, lack of access to technologies, such as smartphones and the internet, is a barrier to spreading knowledge and