Rice, Liberia’s staple, is a major socio-economic element in the West African coastal country. From everyday dish to the most elegant occasion, rice is part of the menu. This cereal crop, according to reports, makes up nearly half of the calorie intake of adults, and accounts for about 15% of the overall spending of an average household in the
As global food-security challenges intensify, the urgency to strengthen capacity in breeding programs has never been greater. CGIAR Breeding Resources (BR), an area of work (AoW) of CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow Science Program, is rising to the challenge, not only by delivering world-class breeding tools and services globally, but also by ensuring the people who use them are equipped with
The Netherlands (NL) – CGIAR research programme contributes to transformational change in agriculture around the world by advancing food system knowledge and joint public and private innovation. The programme is part of the strategic partnership between the Government of the Netherlands and CGIAR, now entering its second phase (2024–2030), focuses on advancing sustainable food systems knowledge, objectives which are also key to
A regional technical training took place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The training aimed to strengthen individual and institutional capacities to access, design and implement climate finance mechanisms to support the transformation of livestock systems into low-emission and climate-resilient models. In Africa, livestock plays a vital role in agricultural economies, contributing up to 40% of agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The United States Dry Bean Council (USDBC) and the Alliance-led Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) launched a strategic partnership in Nairobi to boost dry bean innovation, trade, and food security across Africa, positioning beans as a driver of nutrition, sustainability, and economic growth. The strategic partnership between USDBC and PABRA was launched on June 29, 2025, with a vibrant celebration in Nairobi that brought together food innovators,
To most eyes, deserts look like the end of the line for agriculture – too dry to grow, too hot to handle, and too degraded to offer much promise. But that assumption is being overturned by a science-driven rethink of agriculture in places long considered beyond saving. Across the drylands of the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa,
To breed resilient, productive, and nutritious bean varieties, accurate, efficient, and cost-effective data collection is essential. Traditionally, breeding programs depended heavily on human observation, sometimes supported by mobile data collection apps. But, manual phenotyping is time consuming, labor intensive, prone to error, and slows down selection cycles and drives up costs of breeding. In early 2025, researchers at the Alliance
A top-level delegation from the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its Embassy in Nigeria recently visited the Abuja Hub of the ‘Youth in Agribusiness: Enabling scaling of innovative technologies for sustainable food solutions’, also known as the YAS project. The visit enabled the delegation to witness the project implementation outcomes first-hand and examine the critical sustainability areas. While welcoming the