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The CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) program is advancing gender inclusivity, scientific innovation, and local partnerships including with Mali’s Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER) to strengthen the country’s small ruminant value chain. Launched in Bamako in June 2025, the five-year program is coordinated by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in collaboration with IER, the International Center for Agricultural

Message from Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T) Interim Director Peter Coaldrake to CGIAR Breeders, National Partners, and Funders.  CGIAR has a track record of 50 years of success in the field of crop innovation, credited with spurring the Green Revolution and saving a billion lives, primarily in Asia where many people were on the brink of starvation.   Today, as we aim

As Nepal positions itself to meet growing national demand for safe, nutritious dairy while tackling climate and productivity challenges, over 50 stakeholders gathered on May 13–14, 2025, for a national co-design workshop. The event served as a platform to co-develop a Theory of Change for Nepal’s dairy value chain under the CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) Science Program.

By Peter Coaldrake, CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow’s Interim Director and Christian Werner, Quantitative Geneticist for Accelerated Breeding  For over five decades, CGIAR has made major contributions to crop improvement, developing thousands of improved varieties that have helped safeguard food security across the Global South. But the challenges ahead are rising, as is the bar for success in public plant breeding.

Gaza’s catastrophe will have long-lasting impacts on lives and livelihoods A landscape of starvation and ruined livelihoods. The post Gaza’s catastrophe will have long-lasting impacts on lives and livelihoods appeared first on IFPRI.

ICRISAT researchers, together with IIPR-Uttar Pradesh, RPCAU-Bihar, and IARI-Assam, have successfully identified a gene that is linked to Sterility Mosaic Disease (SMD) resistance: ‘Ccsmd04’ Indian farmers can lose as much as 90% of their pigeonpea yield because of sterility mosaic disease. In a recently published study, a team of researchers led by Dr Manish K. Pandey, Principal Scientist-Genomics, Pre-breeding & Bioinformatics, ICRISAT,

IRRI scientists explored the perspective of Filipino consumers to see how they view and value healthier rice (brown, pigmented, and low-glycemic index rice), providing new insights on how it can find its place on their tables.  By Danica Louise C. Sembrano For many Filipinos, a meal without rice is simply incomplete. Rice has long been a staple in the Filipino

In four Caribbean countries —Jamaica, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Kitts and Nevis— farmers, cooperatives, and extension services are testing AI-powered digital tools that could transform how crops are grown, decisions are made, and climate challenges are addressed. This pioneering initiative is supported by APC Colombia, the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), and the