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The Kabudi-Agoro Community Seed Bank has become a global beacon for turning once "illegal" traditional practices into a viable economic future.

Innovation bundles are integrated technological, socioecological, and policy solutions to harmonize environmental health with human development, and a powerful example of this vision is unfolding in Nyakach, Kisumu County, Kenya.

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.

Five-day hands-on training equips scientists from Asia and Africa with practical genomics skills to improve the use of germplasm for breeding and food security.

After Cyclone Idai, women in rural Zimbabwe carry the hidden cost of recovery. This blog reveals how unpaid care work expands under climate stress, shaping food security, time poverty, and women’s everyday survival.

Climate security is shaped by complex, local interactions. Drawing on leading researchers, this blog explores how climate stress, conflict, data gaps, and system dynamics are reshaping how we study risk, resilience, and peace.

India stands at a critical juncture in its agricultural transformation. With over 60% of the population dependent on agrifood systems for their livelihoods and the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector accounting for 14% of the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the challenge is no longer a choice between agricultural and economic growth and sustainability, but the need to find a pathway that ensures agricultural growth and livelihoods while increasing the sustainability of the country’s food production systems.

In conflict-affected Cabo Delgado, new CGIAR–WFP research is guiding the design of conflict-sensitive nature-based solutions. By linking ecosystem science with local conflict dynamics, the approach supports recovery efforts that strengthen livelihoods and resilience for 7,000 vulnerable households without worsening tensions.