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By Abena Ofosu, Senior Research Officer – Innovation Scaling, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) ; Mahlatse Nkosi, Research Officer – Inclusive Agricultural Finance, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Youth-owned agribusinesses in Africa face a host of structural challenges that limit their growth and resilience. These include, but not limited to, constrained access to affordable finance, land tenure insecurity, and weak

The recent UNFSS+4 Intergovernmental Roundtable, ‘Pastoralism: A Sustainable Food System,’ brought together a diverse group of stakeholders to address the critical role of pastoralism in global food security and sustainable development. The event, hosted by the UNFSS Coalition on Pastoralism a Sustainable Food System, focused on elevating the importance of this often-overlooked food system and mobilizing support for its future.

Vietnam’s livestock sector is growing rapidly, with farmers, cooperatives, consumers, and policymakers striving to deliver safer, high-quality animal-sourced foods. Yet the sector faces significant challenges including climate change, animal diseases, fragmented market systems, and environmental pressures. At the same time, livestock offers opportunities to improve rural livelihoods, nutrition, and resilience particularly for ethnic minorities and rural women that have fewer

By Nusrat Jahan, Muhiuddin Faruquee, and Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Bangladesh, August 2025 – After five years of intensive research and collaboration, the Haor-KGF project has reached a major milestone: the development of advanced short-duration, cold-tolerant rice lines that can help farmers in Bangladesh’s flood-prone Haor wetlands secure harvests before the waters rise. Researchers and partners unite at the Haor-KGF Project

By mid-century, Africa’s cities will swell with almost a billion new residents. That single demographic fact will stretch the continent’s food systems to the breaking point, demanding roughly twice today’s supply of affordable, nutritious protein. As global leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York next week, to address climate crisis and debate solutions for fixing

By Ravi Nandi, Innovation Systems Scientist and project lead at CIMMYT, Bangladesh; Nora Hanke-Louw, DCR and Project Coordinator at IWMI, South Africa; Nedumaran Swamikannu, Principal Scientist in Agricultural Economics at ICRISAT, Hyderabad; Apurba Kumar Chowdhury, Professor and Dean at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India; Pashupati Pokhrel, Senior Agriculture Development Officer and Division Chief at the Planning and Monitoring

The Alliance’s Low-Emissions Landscapes team developed a framework to integrate climate-change mitigation with SDGs in food systems. Led by Diana Gutiérrez, it aims to guide global action for sustainable development and low-emission agriculture. As humanity faces multiple threats from biodiversity loss, poverty, malnutrition climate change and extreme climate events, the wellbeing of billions of people and the planet is

With 80% of Niger’s population dependent on rain-fed farming and nearly four in ten facing food insecurity, ICRISAT is renewing its four-decade commitment to help the country withstand intensifying climate threats. ICRISAT’s Country Representative, Prof. Falalou Hamidou, met with His Excellency Mr Bakary Yaou Sangaré, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Nigeriens Abroad, to chart new actions for sustainable agriculture