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Ethiopia’s livestock and fisheries sub-sectors represent some of the most promising, yet underutilized, engines of economic growth in the country. With the largest livestock population in Africa boasting over 70 million cattle, 52.5 million goats, 42.9 million sheep and 8.1 million camels Ethiopia has a vast biological resource base that can significantly boost food security, nutrition, employment and export earnings.

In Tanzania, like in many African countries, many women keep poultry as a means of contributing to their households’ incomes and food security. This venture requires relatively low capital investment compared to rearing other livestock, but women farmers still face significant challenges, including high chick mortality rates, poultry disease outbreaks, and limited access to training, veterinary services and inputs. To

Speaking at the opening session of the regional forage disease workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 24 June 2025, Namukolo Covic, ILRI Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia and CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor, emphasized the urgent need for action in response to the growing complexity of climate-related challenges in the face of a changing climate. ‘We are living in a

Colombia’s biofortified rice provides 1.5 more zinc than normal rice. Consumers say the rice is as good as premium rice, and are willing to pay more for it. Improving staple foods everywhere should be part of national nutrition policies.

Potatoes hold enormous potential in eastern Africa. Yet yields are collapsing. A new hybrid breeding initiative led by the International Potato Center (CIP) and Dutch seed company HZPC aims to reverse this trend and transform how potatoes are bred and grown across the continent.

CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has recently been accredited as an intergovernmental organization (IGO) to the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). This accreditation, essentially conferring observer status at UNEA, marks a significant milestone for CGIAR as a science organization. It formally positions CGIAR within the highest level of international environmental governance, granting it the right to actively participate

Today more than ever, the world is facing major challenges: climate change, biodiversity loss and growing food insecurity are affecting how we produce and consume our food. In light of this reality, it is becoming increasingly necessary to explore new alternatives that can help us build more diverse, sustainable and resilient food systems.

VoxDev Article Jeffrey Bloem, Amy Damon, David Francis, Harrison Mitchell As climate change stretches Nigeria’s dry seasons and disrupts traditional grazing patterns, tensions between nomadic herders and settled farmers fuel violent conflict—most intensely just before the planting season. New research shows how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns differently by gender and across agricultural seasons. While households often pivot