Photo credit: ILRI/Edwin Kang’ethe What should CGIAR invest in next? With over 1,000 innovations in its global portfolio, answering this question isn’t just about good science—it’s about strategic decision-making. And at CGIAR Science Week, that decision-making took on a surprisingly playful form. At CGIAR Science Week, an unorthodox session titled “Game On: Playing with Complexity” brought researchers, practitioners, and development
Authors: Frans Schapendonk and Tina Jaskolski, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Climate change is straining water supplies and heightening community tensions. Evidence shows that when water scarcity rises within certain contexts, the risk of conflict increases. The Pacific Institute’s Water Conflict Chronology has, for example, identified 184 recorded instances of water-based conflict in north and sub-Saharan Africa since 2020,
By Joseph Glauber, Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, and Valeria Piñeiro April 21, 2025 Second in a blog series examining the potential consequences of the recently-proposed U.S. tariffs for global agrifood trade. Read the first post here. The Trump administration’s ever-changing trade policies are now focused on China, in what looks to be a replay of the 2018-2019 U.S.-China trade war that resulted in large losses
The African Animal Breeding Network (AABNet), a new platform for animal breeding professionals to advance livestock genetic improvement in Africa, was unveiled at a side event during the inaugural CGIAR Science Week that took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 7–11 April 2025. Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu, a statistical geneticist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), moderated the session. Opening remarks In
Credit: ©2014CIAT/GeorginaSmith On April 22nd, CGIAR proudly joins the global community to mark Earth Day 2025 under the empowering theme: “Our Power, Our Planet.” This theme highlights the pressing need for collective action to advance renewable energy, achieve sustainable agriculture, and safeguard the environment for future generations. On this day, we celebrate our beautiful planet, home to diverse ecosystems, breathtaking
The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a unified call to put nutrition at the center of development. Far from a siloed issue, the Summit reaffirmed that nutrition is a cross-cutting, urgent challenge that touches health, equity, education, climate, and resilience. CGIAR stands among those answering the call, turning science into action for
By Ngowenani Nohayi and Ojong Enokenwa Baa “There are a lot of different methodologies and approaches out there but they’re not always very explicit about fragility, conflict, and migration. This toolkit is excellent to help complement that.” — Jeremy Stone, Project Lead, Jahez Initiative, IWMI On Tuesday,18th March, 2025, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) hosted an internal learning session
Dr. Hugo Campos from the International Potato Center (CIP), a CGIAR research center, has been recognized by the International Society for Tropical Root and Tuber Crops – Africa Branch (ISTRC-AB) at its Symposium 2025 held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, for its outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of root, tuber, and banana (RTB) crops in Africa. The post CIP’s