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What if food and feed could grow continuously, be harvested at any time of year, and provide both protein and energy from a single plant?

In Serera Kebele, in Doyogena district of the Central Ethiopia Region, Abebe explains “It started with a mindset shift, seeing two sheep not as animals, but as a start of a business."

The resilience of integrated farming systems relies on keeping essential links among their components. In Ethiopia's Doyogena district, the most vulnerable part of the sheep-enset mixed farming system is the availability of feed during the dry season.

Sheep and goat value chains in Mali sustain millions of people, yet they continue to face pressures from climate variability, uneven animal health coverage, fragmented trade networks, and limited market access. To boost incomes, build resilience, and enhance product quality across the sector, CGIAR is supporting sustainable models that foster environmental protection and maximize productivity.

Climate variability continues to affect pastoral communities across East Africa, increasing the need for practical, data-driven solutions that strengthen drought preparedness. On 3 October 2025, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders met at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) campus in Nairobi for the Anticipatory Drought Risk Finance Product Design Workshop organized in the framework of the NG’OMBE project. The event

Global climate debates often focus on emission targets and dietary change. That framing leaves little room for places where a cow or a small catch of fish determines whether a household eats, earns income, or recovers after a shock.

Vietnam’s livestock sector is growing rapidly, with farmers, cooperatives, consumers, and policymakers striving to deliver safer, high-quality animal-sourced foods. Yet the sector faces significant challenges including climate change, animal diseases, fragmented market systems, and environmental pressures. At the same time, livestock offers opportunities to improve rural livelihoods, nutrition, and resilience particularly for ethnic minorities and rural women that have fewer

As Southern Africa faces mounting climate pressures and food system vulnerabilities, Zambia is stepping forward with an ambitious plan to sustainably transform its livestock and aquaculture sectors. From July 3 to 4, 2025, key stakeholders convened at Twangale Resort in Lusaka for a co-design workshop under the CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program. The two-day event was a