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In November 2024, the ECREA project hosted a high-level donor review visit, providing a crucial platform to showcase progress, impact and future aspirations. The visit included a detailed presentation highlighting key achievements, challenges and opportunities for scaling climate adaptation interventions. Stakeholders shared compelling narratives of transformation, emphasizing how the initiative has directly empowered farming communities. A field visit to

Photo credit: Small stock are multipurpose, endlessly renewable assets for people and national economies across vast regions of Africa, where PPR has a disproportionate impact on poorer households, which typically cannot afford cattle. ILRI/Stevie Mann.  Tackling devastating livestock losses in West Africa Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), commonly known as goat plague, is among the most contagious and fatal of

In the delicate interplay between agricultural expansion and ecological sustainability, insects occupy a dual role—both as essential allies and as threats. ICRISAT works to ensure farming practices maintain this delicate balance between productivity and ecological sustainability. Insects constitute nearly 75% of the total species on Earth. They play an important role as crop pest, pollinators and scavengers. Crop plants, the

In February 2025, a delegation from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT conducted a mission in Côte d’Ivoire to kick-off the Sustainable Cocoa Value Chain Programme in West Africa. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), under the framework of the Piano Mattei per l’Africa, this initiative aims to support local governments in

A key decade of food system change and looking forward: Per Pinstrup-Andersen on his time as IFPRI Director General Insights from a World Food Prize laureate. The post A key decade of food system change and looking forward: Per Pinstrup-Andersen on his time as IFPRI Director General appeared first on IFPRI.

In February 2025, a delegation from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT conducted a mission in Guinea to kick-off the Sustainable Cocoa Value Chain Programme in West Africa. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), under the framework of the Piano Mattei per l’Africa, this initiative aims to support local governments in designing

The development of Bioflow, CGIAR’s open-source breeding analytics pipeline, funded by GIZ through Crops to End Hunger, has never slowed down since its launch last year. Following several hackathons in February 2024 and November 2024, staff from all CGIAR Centers contributed their expertise to the ongoing development of the tool, highlighting the collaborative DNA that underpins its development.  Here are

Food safety and security threats from aflatoxins have hampered the health and livelihoods of many African consumers and farmers, frequently affecting staples such as maize, groundnut, and sorghum. These harmful toxins are produced by a fungus called Aspergillus flavus and can cause liver cancer, suppress the immune system, and stunt children’s growth. They also make it harder for farmers to sell their