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With the high costs of agricultural inputs and issues with flooding, lodging, and rice straw burning, the Fertilize Right project is transforming Vietnam’s rice farming by promoting efficient and effective fertilizer use. This collaboration between USDA, MARD, and IRRI continues to yield promising results, reducing input costs, labor demands, and environmental impacts while increasing farmers’ income. Fertilizer plays a critical

Over 3 billion people around the world suffer from hidden hunger, a condition where individuals consume enough calories daily but lack essential micronutrients like iron and zinc. Since 2002, researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (abbreviated as CIAT) have been breeding high-nutrient staple crops and finding ways to integrate them into popular

Once considered a food crop primarily associated with women, beans are now emerging as a lucrative cash crop, attracting men into production. In Nakuru and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties, the high-iron Nyota bean is transforming livelihoods, with both men and women heavily investing in its farming. This shift is fueled by the Enhancing Climate Resilience in East Africa (ECREA) project, which,

The 2025 IDEAS/NDB Evaluation Conference brought together evaluation professionals to explore the evolving role of evaluation, with a focus on equity, inclusivity, and new technologies. CGIAR’s Evaluation Function remains at the forefront, ensuring that evaluative learning shapes decision-making in the research-for-development context. Want to learn more? Dive deeper into the key insights and takeaways!

In a region aced with droughts, land degradation, and irregular rainfall, the TARSPro project has established Climate-Smart Villages (CSV) in five West African countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Chad. These villages serve as collaborative hubs where farmers, researchers, and local institutions work together to test, adapt, and scale up climate-smart agricultural practices. Through a participatory approach, the project enhances

28 February 2025, Bangkok, Thailand – Rice represents the essence of Asia’s food system, and feeds over half of the global population. In Thailand, rice cultivation accounts for about half the agricultural landscape, employing 18 million smallholder farmers. Yet, as climate change intensifies, Thailand’s staple crop faces pressures from prolonged droughts, rising temperatures, flash floods, and extreme weather events in

Dhaka, Bangladesh (March 19, 2025) — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Bangladesh, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in research and innovation, technology transfer, extension services, and capacity development in the rice-based agrifood systems in Bangladesh. The MoU signing ceremony, which took place

By Delphine Leconte-Demarsy and Brendan Rice March 20, 2025 Fertilizer prices experienced a significant surge in 2021, driven by the post-COVID 19 global economic recovery. Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine propelled prices even higher. Broad economic sanctions on key fertilizer exporters Russia and Belarus exempted agricultural products but triggered further economic disruptions. Overall, the conflict heightened market uncertainties regarding