News Overview

CGIAR is pleased to announce that Renaud Seligmann has been appointed as the new Chair of CGIAR System Council, effective 1 January 2026.

The Government of Nepal is scaling CIMMYT’s Maize Commercial Model (MCM)—an inclusive, market-based approach that turns spring and winter rice fallows into a productive 90–120-day maize window, backed by bundled climate-smart practices, services, and coordinated value-chain partnerships.

Over the past 50 years, CGIAR research has shaped how food systems are understood and transformed. This blog distils key insights from that body of work and what they mean for addressing today’s food, climate, and development challenges.

Solving invasive species (and other) problems with fun and games. Innovative games and simulations are helping researchers and practitioners address invasive species and other complex environmental problems. This blog explores how CGIAR and partners use serious games to support learning, decision-making, and collective action.

Many studies have demonstrated that low application of productivity-enhancing inputs such as inorganic fertilizer and improved seeds is a key constraint to low agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria.

The story began in 2022, when farmers in Agoro East made an unusual decision: instead of dividing the land further, they chose to bring it together. 108 farmers pooled their individual plots into a single, collectively managed 52-acre farm, forming the Agoro East Aggregated Farm (AEAF).

Two panicum grass varieties Chano (Panicum maximum Jack) and Gardula (Dichanthelium latifolium) have been released for cultivation in Southern and Central Ethiopia.

Women, who account for approximately 80% of Kenya’s agricultural labour force, lead the Kabudi-Agoro Seed Bank. A group of 25 women now conserves over 100 varieties of indigenous, climate-adapted seeds, including 69 bean varieties and 18 sorghum varieties.