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By Ravi Nandi, Innovation Systems Scientist and project lead at CIMMYT, Bangladesh; Nora Hanke-Louw, DCR and Project Coordinator at IWMI, South Africa; Nedumaran Swamikannu, Principal Scientist in Agricultural Economics at ICRISAT, Hyderabad; Apurba Kumar Chowdhury, Professor and Dean at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India; Pashupati Pokhrel, Senior Agriculture Development Officer and Division Chief at the Planning and Monitoring

The Alliance’s Low-Emissions Landscapes team developed a framework to integrate climate-change mitigation with SDGs in food systems. Led by Diana Gutiérrez, it aims to guide global action for sustainable development and low-emission agriculture. As humanity faces multiple threats from biodiversity loss, poverty, malnutrition climate change and extreme climate events, the wellbeing of billions of people and the planet is

With 80% of Niger’s population dependent on rain-fed farming and nearly four in ten facing food insecurity, ICRISAT is renewing its four-decade commitment to help the country withstand intensifying climate threats. ICRISAT’s Country Representative, Prof. Falalou Hamidou, met with His Excellency Mr Bakary Yaou Sangaré, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Nigeriens Abroad, to chart new actions for sustainable agriculture

Cape Town, South Africa, Sept. 18th, 2025 – Investment in improved livestock practices can deliver a dual benefit for farmers and the environment, as demonstrated by CGIAR researchers to agriculture ministers at G20. Evidence shows that sustainable livestock interventions have the potential to more than double beef production in sub-Saharan Africa to meet growing demand while also cutting related greenhouse

This year's theme of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, Senegal was “Africa’s Youth: Leading Collaboration, Innovation, and the Implementation of Agri-Food Systems Transformation”

Pastoralist communities across the Horn of Africa live and work in some of the world’s most challenging environments. Their livelihoods depend on adapting to shifting climate patterns, navigating cross-border mobility, and sustaining livestock-based economies that feed millions. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT as a technical partner, is working to strengthen the tools,

A land once forgotten For decades, the plains of Nyando told a story of hardship. The soil was exhausted, the rains unpredictable, and the land lay idle or left only for grazing for over 30 years. Farmers tried to grow maize, but floods stagnate on topsoil during the rainy season creating water logging, and in the dry months, the earth

The Alliance’s Nairobi office recently hosted a delegation from the Nature Conservancy (TNC) including Ginya Truitt Nakata (Director, Global Agriculture and Food Systems Policy) Michael Misiko (Agriculture Director, Africa), Horacio Rodriguez Vazquez (Food Systems Policy Manager, Mexico) and Wangui Gitau (Agriculture Program Manager, Africa). The team was welcomed by Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg (the Alliance’s Managing Director for Africa) and a team