In August 2026, communities from Kenya and Ethiopia held the first-ever cross-border camel caravan in Moyale. The 12-km caravan celebrated the role of camels to these communities and revived Qumbi, a traditional peace ceremony that was last performed 40 years ago.
Humanitarian data systems are shrinking. Funding cuts and declining survey coverage are creating major gaps in food security data just as conflicts, climate shocks, and other risks are increasing.
IFPRI’s five decades of experience has shown that development policy research has a stronger likelihood of making an impact and meeting real-world needs when it is adapted to local contexts and created with national and local partners. The best bet for generating context-specific research is operating within beneficiary countries and communities. Building on this evidence, the new IFPRI Strategy 2026-2030 deepens an institutional commitment to decentralization.
In Vietnam, CGIAR and partners are strengthening farmer-centered approaches to precision nutrient management, ensuring that women and ethnic minority farmers have a stronger voice in shaping sustainable agricultural practices.
IITA introduced Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) at the RAB Rubona station to increase multiplication rates while improving the quality and survival of tissue-culture-derived cassava plantlets.
Access to quality seed is one of the most important foundations of a productive maize sector.
In Maragua, Murang’a County, researchers are testing whether combining crushed basalt, biochar, and compost can help restore soil fertility, improve crop productivity, and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The future of crop breeding will not be built by breeders working alone. This message resonated throughout the five-day visit of Makram Geha, Director of CGIAR’s Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Science Program, to IITA–CGIAR from 14 – 18 September.