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By Suresh Babu and Kumara Charyulu Deevi September 15, 2025 South-South cooperation has been a key pillar of the development agenda for more than two decades, becoming an important tool for mutual action and technological advancement among countries of the Global South. As participants sought to include Northern countries in these efforts, the concept of triangular cooperation emerged. South-South triangular cooperation

Rooted in beans, a family in Goma turns a small idea into a thriving business. With support from B4WE, ABECHA is now boosting nutrition, creating jobs, and empowering women farmers across Eastern DRC. In a city where food insecurity shadows daily life and opportunity feels just out of reach, Sadiki and his wife Huguette dared to see something different

Increasing the adoption of “clean” cookstoves among displaced populations has long been a goal of the humanitarian sector. Clean cookstoves run on environmentally and climate friendly sources of fuel such as solar, LPG, or electricity, while traditional cookstoves use firewood or charcoal.

On July 8–9th 2025, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city hosted the Mongolia Economic Forum. The forum brought together an eclectic mix of government officials, private sector leaders, civil society organizations, academics, and international partners. Set against the vast backdrop of the Mongolian steppe, the forum created a fitting stage to discuss how the world can finance solutions to reverse land degradation

M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 August 2025 – A three-day Africa-wide workshop on strengthening rice seed networks has set a new course for transforming the continent’s rice sector. Convened by Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and partners from 25–27 August 2025 in M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire, the event brought together 123 stakeholders from 18 African countries, including seed enterprises, millers, regulators, researchers, meteorological

September 13, 2025, Lagos, Nigeria – Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Director General Dr. Baboucarr Manneh met with Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, to explore strategic opportunities for strengthening Africa’s rice sector. The high-level audience focused on exploring collaborative opportunities and innovative approaches to accelerate rice sector development across the African continent. The discussions centered on

 This is part 1 of our building food, water and climate security in fragile and conflict setting series.   In displacement settings, something as ordinary as cooking is an extraordinarily complicated matter. Refugees often rely on firewood or charcoal, exposing them to health risks, environmental degradation, and even violence. For these reasons, increasing the adoption of “clean” cookstoves among displaced populations

This year's theme of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, Senegal was “Africa’s Youth: Leading Collaboration, Innovation, and the Implementation of Agri-Food Systems Transformation”