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The Resilient Agriculture Investment for net-Zero land degradation (RAIZ) accelerator offers a ‘quadruple-win’ for climate, biodiversity, food security and addressing desertification. 19 November 2025, Bélem: Eight countries have announced their support for an innovative new Brazil-led accelerator that will unite governments and investors behind a shared goal: restoring the world’s farmland to strengthen food security, tackle climate breakdown, and protect

This excerpt was taken from CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES) recent blog.  Independent advice works best when it’s coordinated, transparent, and grounded in shared purpose and professional respect. Within the Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES), the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) and Evaluation Function have been doing exactly that by aligning strategic independent proposal and Inception

By Bushra Humaira Sadaf A team of researchers from the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), and Japan’s National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) has identified practical strategies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields without sacrificing yield, conducted across saline and non-saline regions of Bangladesh over consecutive rice seasons.

Industrial agriculture drives global warming, biodiversity loss and and inequality: the world produces enough food for everyone but the global food system left 670 million people hungry in 2024. Is agroecology a solution? The debate heats up. View original article .wysiwyg a::after {margin-left: 10px;top: -1px;}

A new system could overhaul maps that misclassify hundreds of thousands of smallholder coffee and cacao farmers as working in forests. Without better maps, deforestation regulations could ripple through markets from remote farms to a caffe mocha near you. Sample Earth, launched by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, helps mapmakers build accurate, inclusive maps to prevent smallholder farmers from being wrongly classified as producing major

In a previous blog, we explored what Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are, and why they are essential for global climate action. Here we take a deeper look at one of the most strategic and vulnerable sectors in the face of climate change: agriculture and livestock production. In this blog, we explain how adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural sector

ICRISAT’s Novel Solar-Powered Water Hyacinth Harvester has now earned a place in the prestigious Top 100 Indian Innovations 2025, published by the India Innovators Association. ICRISAT is restoring freshwater ecosystems using its solar-powered water hyacinth harvester. The recognition of this harvester as one of India’s Top 100 Innovations of 2025 was announced during the launch of the book Top 100 Indian Innovations

Bundling technical innovations with gender equality is transforming smallholder farming in Kenya’s semi-arid regions, boosting yields by 80% while empowering women farmers. In the drought-prone landscapes of Makueni County, Kenya, farming communities are not just approaching farming with better seeds or climate-smart techniques but also addressing social inequalities alongside agronomic challenges. For decades, agricultural development programs have focused on single-technology