Farmers in Hanang, Tanzania, explored climate-resilient bean varieties during a field day hosted by Farm Africa, showcasing innovations from TARI, The Alliance, and partners aimed at boosting yields, resilience and livelihoods for smallholder farmers. In the quiet, sun-drenched fields of Dawar Village in Tanzania’s Hanang District, something remarkable unfolded. Farmers gathered not just to observe, but to imagine a
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (22 April 2025) – The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), in collaboration with the South Korean Government and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), marked a major milestone with the Topping-off Ceremony of the UPLB–Advanced Genomics Research Center (AGRC), signaling the completion of the facility’s main structure. The UPLB–AGRC, funded through the Korea International
By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing, Flor Paz, Chiara Brunelli, and Chiara Gnetti May 7, 2025 Governments’ adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 1995—which advanced a set of common principles on gender equality—elevated women’s empowerment in policy as an end in itself, not just as a means to achieving other development outcomes. While great strides have been made
By Valeria Piñeiro, Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, Fousseini Traoré, and Joseph Glauber May 6, 2025 Third in a blog series examining the potential consequences of the recently-imposed U.S. tariffs for global agrifood trade. Read the first post here and the second here. Current U.S. trade policies—though primarily focused on major global players including China, the European Union, and North American partners Canada and Mexico—also have economic consequences for
(BANDUNG & INDRAMAYU, Indonesia, 22-25 April 2025) – As part of efforts to continuously improve the Rice Crop Manager (RCM) Indonesia platform, known locally as Layanan Konsultasi Padi (LKP) , IRRI partnered with BRMP (Badan Perakitan dan Modernisasi Pertanian) Food Crops (formerly BSIP Food Crops) to conduct a Farmer Feedback Survey in West Java. The RCM project team from
Kenya is transforming bean research through a KALRO-Alliance partnership focused on breeding climate-resilient varieties, improving seed systems, and building young scientists’ capacity to strengthen food security and support smallholder farmers. Kenya is taking bold steps to transform its bean research landscape through renewed collaboration, innovation, and capacity building. At the heart of this transformation is a growing partnership between
Given that a significant population of Ethiopia relies on subsistence agriculture, climate impacts are manifesting in various forms ranging from food insecurity and water scarcity emanating from prolonged droughts, climate induced displacement and migration. Agriculture accounts for between 40 –50% of Ethiopia’s gross domestic product (GDP). Increased competition over scarce resources has intensified such as pastoralist clashes over grazing land.
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT organized the second Scientific Committee meeting of the Himalayan Agroecology Initiative (HAI). This international initiative aims to improve livelihoods and sustainability in the Himalayan region focusing on India, Bhutan and Nepal. HAI applies a food systems approach for developing agroecology roadmaps. HAI is funded by the Special Initiative Transformation of Agricultural and