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At the 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum in Senegal, ImpactSF brought together policymakers, fund managers, investors, and development partners to discuss how catalytic capital can empower agricultural entrepreneurs. Speakers and panelists explored ways to mobilize investment, de-risk agricultural finance, and support the next generation of agribusiness leaders. The session highlighted the partnerships behind the Financing for Agri-SMEs in Africa (FASA)

CGIAR is ‘on the road’ to COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, this November. But how is the research agenda of the world’s largest publicly funded research partnership for food security transforming to meet contemporary and future climate challenges? Climate change is no longer a distant threat. An additional 189 million people will face hunger in a world that is

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) signed a five-year memorandum of understanding to strengthen their existing collaboration and explore complementary research, institutional development, and capacity building opportunities towards transforming Kenya’s dairy sector for the benefit of millions of farmers, business operators, and consumers. The Kenya dairy sector is the largest in East Africa, contributing

Research for impact in the CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Program is implemented with partners and stakeholders in Living Labs. Living labs are gaining momentum as sub-national territories within which sustainable food system transformation is sought through multi-stakeholder engagement processes. According to the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), Living Labs are defined as “user-centered, open innovation ecosystems based on a systematic

By Rhowell Tiozon and Glenn Concepcion For the nearly 9,000 years since its domestication, rice has been selectively bred to feed a growing global population, becoming a staple food source that provides essential calories for billions. However, this long history of artificial selection has come at a cost. In prioritizing traits like higher yield and easier processing, humans have inadvertently

The Crop Trust and the Alliance have launched the Power of diversity funding facility in Nigeria, Zambia, and Kenya to boost opportunity crops, improve nutrition, and build climate resilience. The Power of Diversity Funding Facility (PDFF) has been officially launched in Africa, ushering in a bold initiative to conserve, grow, and elevate neglected “opportunity crops” with high promise. With workshops

More than 90 million refugees and forcibly displaced people are currently exposed to high or extremely high levels of climate-related hazards, according to analysis carried out by the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration (FCM). Researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, as part of the FCM initiative, provided key evidence for underpinning UNHCR’s groundbreaking report on conflict, climate,

Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now in its second year, the list recognises leaders worldwide who are delivering innovative and scalable solutions to the climate crisis and shaping a more sustainable future. “I am honoured to be listed on the Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List. Aquatic foods are rich in nutrients,