At October’s Africa Grain Trade Summit, leaders urged for investment in SMEs to scale regenerative agriculture, strengthening Africa’s fragile grain markets for food security. “We need to invest in SMEs that are scaling regenerative practices. They are the link between farmers and consumers, and the future of African grain trade.” Arnaud Petit, Executive Director, International Grains Council. This powerful call
This is Part 2 of this blog series on Building Local Research Capacity through Time, Trust, and Knowledge Transfer. Read part 1 here. In this edition, we unpack the real costs and inputs of mentorship and how these investments translate into measurable outcomes, giving a clear picture of the “cost curve” from mentorship to impact. If you want more policy-relevant
By Nicola Cenacchi October 30, 2025 Agricultural landscapes are evolving rapidly, and embracing complexity in their design is key to tackling global challenges like food security, climate change, and biodiversity loss. With the help of data-driven modeling tools, we can better understand and guide the transformations needed to shape these landscapes for a more resilient and sustainable future. Take a
Africa’s aquaculture production has grown 5.6-fold in just two decades, yet the continent produces less than 2 percent of the world’s farmed fish, while Asia accounts for more than 90 percent global production. Africa, the storied land of rivers and lakes, has an opportunity to not just catch up but leapfrog its fisheries sector, so it can unlock its vast
SBI Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the State Bank of India, has partnered with the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Raichur, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Agribridge to launch the SMART-CROP project, Sustainable Monitoring and Real-time Tracking for Crop Resilience and Optimal Practices. The launch event, held today in Hyderabad, featured
By Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, and Valeria Piñeiro October 29, 2025 Food systems, economies, and rural life in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have changed profoundly over the past five decades. Looking forward, the region now faces many challenges, including a rise in extreme weather events, rapid urbanization, resource degradation, and geopolitical tensions. IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy
Science is powerful when people can see themselves in it. This year, the United Nations revealed a sobering fact: fewer than 5 percent of its reports are downloaded more than 5,500 times. One in five never break 1,000. Evidence, it turns out, too often lives and dies in PDFs, admired by experts, unseen by those whose lives it aims
Across Ghana’s cocoa belt, the rhythm of the rains is no longer reliable. Once-predictable wet and dry seasons have given way to longer dry spells, hotter harmattan months, and sudden, intense downpours. For cocoa farmers, this “climate whiplash” is not just an inconvenience; it is a direct threat to their yields, which are projected to decline by 5% in the