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As the world marks International Open Access Week 2025 (20–26 October), the theme “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” invites us to reflect on the ownership, accessibility, and equity of scholarly research knowledge and information. In a time of global disruption and digital transformation, this theme challenges institutions to reassert community control over the knowledge they produce and share. At the International

Researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, together with KALRO, are enhancing climate resilience in bean production across Kenya through the BIOBELIEF Project, launched to address the impacts of emerging weather extremes on food security. Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it is here, reshaping agricultural systems across the globe. One of the most critical impacts of

In Senegal’s drylands, the AVENIR project, led by MEDA with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, empowers farmers with climate-smart innovations in water and soil management to build resilient, productive farms. Across Senegal’s drylands, climate variability has become the defining challenge of rural life. In the regions of Tambacounda and Sédhiou, smallholder farmers endure daytime temperatures soaring up to

WorldFish and the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) of Türkiye’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration in fisheries and aquaculture research and innovation. Read more

By Steve Leonard and Eliza J. Villarino Halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030 is one of the world’s most urgent and measurable environmental goals. Forests are central to climate stability, biodiversity conservation, and food security. Yet despite more than a decade of global commitments, the world remains far off track. The promise and the gap Since the

By Maha Al-Zu’bi; Susanne Bodach; Seifu Tilahun IWMI Leads a Global Effort to Turn Proven Innovation into Sustainable Impact Across Asia and Africa Powering Change, Sustainably When the morning sun rises over Ishnav village in India, farmer Ramanbhai Parmar checks the quiet hum of his solar pump before heading to his fields. A few years ago, he relied on a

By Murillo Adelaida Leon As the world’s biodiversity losses continue, the need for evidence-based action and cross-sector collaboration has never been more urgent. Biodiversity is fundamental to building climate-resilient, sustainable food, land, and water systems, and to maintain the ecological functions that sustain human well-being. This week, the 27th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

From October 21–23, CGIAR will join global partners in Des Moines, Iowa for the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue, hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation. This year’s theme, “SOILutions for Security,” highlights soil as a living system that underpins food and nutrition security. It underscores the foundational role that healthy soil and agriculture play in sustaining global stability. The focus on