By Christian Dohrmann This year, Thailand and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have embarked on a journey toward improving its sustainable rice cultivation practices. The Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming and the Accelerating the Scaling of Low-Emissions Rice in Southeast Asia projects, among other initiatives, are gaining momentum in the country. As part of this journey, IRRI has
In the coastal villages of Tanzania’s Lindi region, where the sun warms the earth year-round, Debora Elimeleki Munisi once raised local chickens, which, though resilient and traditionally valued, had a slow growth that did not inspire moving beyond subsistence farming. “I started with local chicken, but they always gave me losses. So I decided to search for more modern breeds
By Hala Abushama, Kibrom Abay, Katrina Kosec, and Khalid Siddig November 7, 2025 The ongoing war in Sudan—sparked in April 2023 by violent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces—has produced one of the world’s most complex, protracted, and under-addressed humanitarian emergencies. The country faces widespread displacement, severe and acute food insecurity, institutional fragmentation, and the collapse of essential
By Maria DiGiovanni November 7, 2025 Conflict is a primary driver of recent food crises, while extreme poverty in fragile settings is only anticipated to rise in the years ahead—an increasingly dangerous dynamic that threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. The central role of food security in ensuring global stability was the theme of an October 21 panel discussion at the 2025 Norman E.
Ethiopia is pioneering a new era of data-driven agriculture through the institutionalization of the Harmonized Digital Fertilizer and Agronomic Solutions (HaFAS) framework. By integrating advanced analytics, AI, and local agronomic intelligence, HaFAS is transforming fertilizer recommendations into actionable insights that empower millions of farmers with context-specific, climate-smart advice. View original article .wysiwyg a::after {margin-left: 10px;top: -1px;}
Smallholder farmers remain the backbone of Kenya’s food security, but their productivity is stifled by one-size-fits-all fertilizer guidelines that fail to reflect the country’s diverse soils, weather patterns, and farming systems. The result has been low returns, inefficient input use, and declining soil health. A new collaboration between the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and CGIAR scientists is
By Md. Zakaria Hasan Background: The Storage Challenge Bangladesh produces approximately 3.6 million tons of onion annually, while the domestic consumption stands at 2.6 to 2.8 million tons. Despite having sufficient production to meet national demand, the country still imports 0.6–0.8 million tons of onion each year (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 2024). This is primarily due to substantial post-harvest losses,
For over two decades, biofortification has helped make staple crops more nutritious for more than 350 million people. But for these gains to last and reach everyone, nutrition must become a standard feature of every new crop variety released. That’s exactly what is now happening in countries like India and Nigeria, where governments are introducing minimum variety release standards for