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By Tushar Singh and Himangshu Kumar July 10, 2025 Food systems research—and more generally, policy and development research—often relies on structured surveys, administrative data, or experiments. While these approaches yield valuable quantitative insights, they tend to miss critical qualitative dimensions. One useful qualitative approach is open-ended interview questions. When such responses are collected in participants’ native languages, they can provide rich and

Este programa de capacitaciones surgió durante el segundo trimestre de 2024 gracias a la articulación entre la Universidad Católica y el equipo de la plataforma Agua de Honduras. El ingeniero Nery López, actualmente docente universitario, había conocido la plataforma algunos años atrás y, al integrarse al ámbito académico, identificó el valor que esta herramienta tiene para aportar tanto a la

Launched in 2021 and funded by the European Union through the DeSIRA initiative, the project is led by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM- Bari) in partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. It brings together farmers, researchers, schools, chefs, community leaders, artists and public institutions to

CGIAR, in partnership with the United Arab Emirates’ AI71, has initiated the development of an AI agricultural advisory platform based  on a large language model (LLM) tailored to agriculture, aptly named AgriLLM. But this is not just another LLM. AgriLLM is an ambitious project aimed at equipping the agricultural community, including researchers, policymakers and smallholder farmers, with tailored AI

In the heart of Kenya’s Homa Bay County, farmers are redefining how they grow beans. Not just with better seeds or tools, but with forecasts in hand and climate information guiding their every move. During a two-day donor assurance field visit from June 11–12, 2025, a team from the Government of the United Kingdom and the WISER programme (led by

CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an intergovernmental organization (IGO) to the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). This milestone grants CGIAR observer status at UNEA, enabling participation in its sessions and subsidiary bodies, including the upcoming UNEA-7 in December. This milestone formally positions CGIAR within the highest level of global environmental governance and strengthening

The RCBP is funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) under the leadership of the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT under the Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA). The focus is on the East and Central Africa Bean Research Network (ECABREN) majorly in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and

This initiative, in partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, guarantees six annual scholarships for public-school students in Cali, including those from rural and hillside communities. The World Food Prize award was announced on May 9, 2024, during an official ceremony in Washington, D.C., presided over by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Hawtin shared the honor with