PRESS RELEASE Nairobi, 15 October 2026 Addressing gendered impacts of the polycrisis on food systems needs cross-cutting efforts by governments, funders, NGOs and researchers, finds CGIAR GENDER Accelerator.
In Ethiopia's Hadiya Zone, smallholder farmers are turning small plots of oats into profitable forage seed businesses that provide supplementary income, helping families cope with feed shortages, adapt to a changing climate, and plan for the future.
The latest report from the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator, Advancing Equality, Transforming Futures: A Path to Resilient and Productive Food, Land and Water Systems in 2050, was developed in the context of the International Year of the Woman Farmer. It explores pathways and offers practical solutions for making food, land and water systems (FLWS) more equitable, inclusive and resilient by design, with a focus on advancing opportunities for women and young people by 2050.
What does investment actually change? Africa no longer lacks ideas about what works. The real challenge is to create the conditions to finance those ideas, deliver them, and take them to scale, by connecting proven solutions with the policies, institutions, finance, and markets that turn them into lasting impact.
CGIAR is bringing science, evidence and practical solutions on agricultural biodiversity, landscape restoration and sustainable production to CBD COP17, helping countries translate biodiversity commitments into action.
Kenya faces significant economic and food security risks from overlapping El Niño impacts and fuel and fertilizer price shocks associated with the war in Iran, a model shows.
After two years of implementing agricultural innovations across northern Mozambique, partners of the Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) came together in Nampula
What does it take to develop a crop variety that can withstand disease, perform under difficult environmental conditions, meet consumer preferences, satisfy processors, and ultimately make sense to a farmer?