Ahead of IRYP 2026, young pastoralists from five countries adopted the Kobebe Declaration, urging for implementation of IGAD’s Transhumance Protocol to protect pastoralists cross-border mobility, communal land rights, and climate-resilient rangelands in the Karamoja Cluster.
New research from Abbassa examines the link between raceway design, water reuse efficiency and dual food productivity for a more sustainable food future in arid regions.
In a major development following years of research efforts and collaborating with national systems and partners in Mozambique, IITA–CGIAR, in partnership with the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM) and the Soybean Innovation Lab, released five climate-resilient soybean varieties in Mozambique in December 2025.
If drought was forecast, why did the crisis still unfold? Tracking 2025-2026 conditions across pastoral borderlands, digital early warning systems reveal how climate shocks outpaced response.
Today marks an exciting milestone for food systems across the globe: The Directors General of ICARDA, and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT met today in Rabat, Morocco to bring together research capacities, co-design a transformative research and delivery agenda, and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly drive innovation, scaling, and impact for legumes for food and feed across the world.
The Vietnam Agriculture newspaper reports on an international meeting to discuss low-emission solutions for Vietnam. At the meeting, ILRI's Hung Nguyen-Viet discussed how CGIAR research is supporting evidence-based food systems transformation in the country.
The Himalayan Agroecology Initiative (HAI) continued its state-level engagements with consultations across three different states in India, seeking to strengthen and refine the draft roadmaps that will soon guide the thinking and action of high-level decision-makers and key stakeholders toward enhancing food systems resilience in the country.
Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) is increasingly recognised as an approach that can strengthen the sustainability of aquaculture systems. By combining species from different trophic levels, such as fish, shellfish and seaweed, IMTA makes better use of resources, reduces waste and supports more resilient production systems.