Nairobi, 9 June 2025 (IITA) – Hidden toxins are poisoning Africa’s staple crops and climate change is accelerating the crisis. Aflatoxin – a naturally occurring poison produced by certain fungi, especially Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus – is contaminating staple crops, posing a risk to food security, health and trade. About 25% of the crops produced in tropical and subtropical
Morocco’s Minister of Agriculture joins ICARDA-INRA field day at Marchouch Research Station Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 11:39 year 2025 First author (ICARDA author) ICARDA Communication Team Director general blogs Off ICARDA expert author ICARDA Communication Team Related Country Page Morocco
Lorsque des évaluateurs indépendants adressent leurs recommandations à des décideurs, que se passe-t-il? Les évaluations indépendantes ne sont véritablement utiles que si les recommandations se traduisent par des mesures tangibles. Cet article vise à explorer l’utilisation des évaluations indépendantes, le rôle déterminant des réponses de la direction aux recommandations d’évaluations et la manière dont les organes de gouvernance de CGIAR,
Cuando los evaluadores independientes comunican la verdad a los que ostentan el poder, ¿qué sucede después? El verdadero valor de las evaluaciones independientes yace en si sus recomendaciones generan acción. Este blog explora cómo se utilizan las evaluaciones independientes, el papel fundamental de las Respuestas de la gerencia (management responses, MR) y cómo los organismos de gobernanza, como la Junta
This post is the first in a two-part series on Sudan’s overlapping food, water, and energy crises. The ongoing conflict in Sudan has been devastating, with no end in sight. The two warring parties—the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—desperate to gain the upper hand, have bombed, looted, raped, and destroyed huge swathes of the country,
This post is the second in a two-part series on Sudan’s overlapping food, water, and energy crises. Read the first part here. The low levels of food, water, and energy security across Sudan have resulted in both extreme levels of immediate suffering and devastating long-term implications for the country’s eventual rehabilitation. In Part 1, we examined how Sudan’s war has
WorldFish today launched the CGIAR Asia Digital Hub at its headquarters in Penang, Malaysia, establishing a regional powerhouse for digital innovation in food, land and water systems across Asia. A flagship initiative of CGIAR’s global Digital Transformation Accelerator, the Hub will test, incubate and scale digital public goods that support sustainable food production, climate resilience and inclusive development. Read more
Europe imports more than 50% of Honduras’s export coffee. But the Bloc’s impending deforestation-free rules challenge many smallholder farmers. A new tracing platform is already helping hundreds of producers avoid being shut out of this critical market.