By James Allen IV May 5, 2025 In the wake of a series of recent crises that drove up global hunger and food insecurity, the world remains far off track in meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2)—ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Now, in a chaotic global environment of still more crises and complications, including cuts in official development assistance, what is
By Valeria Piñeiro, Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, Fousseini Traoré, and Joseph Glauber May 6, 2025 Third in a blog series examining the potential consequences of the recently-imposed U.S. tariffs for global agrifood trade. Read the first post here and the second here. Current U.S. trade policies—though primarily focused on major global players including China, the European Union, and North American partners Canada and Mexico—also have economic consequences for
By Untung Susanto1, Hasil Sembiring2, Russell Reinke2, and B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy2 1National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia, 2International Rice Research Institute Stunting due to Zinc deficiency is a major public health challenge in Indonesia. To address this, the government introduced Inpari IR Nutri Zinc, a high-zinc biofortified rice variety developed by IRRI and partners, now widely cultivated across high-stunting regions.
Farmers in Hanang, Tanzania, explored climate-resilient bean varieties during a field day hosted by Farm Africa, showcasing innovations from TARI, The Alliance, and partners aimed at boosting yields, resilience and livelihoods for smallholder farmers. In the quiet, sun-drenched fields of Dawar Village in Tanzania’s Hanang District, something remarkable unfolded. Farmers gathered not just to observe, but to imagine a
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (22 April 2025) – The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), in collaboration with the South Korean Government and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), marked a major milestone with the Topping-off Ceremony of the UPLB–Advanced Genomics Research Center (AGRC), signaling the completion of the facility’s main structure. The UPLB–AGRC, funded through the Korea International
By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing, Flor Paz, Chiara Brunelli, and Chiara Gnetti May 7, 2025 Governments’ adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 1995—which advanced a set of common principles on gender equality—elevated women’s empowerment in policy as an end in itself, not just as a means to achieving other development outcomes. While great strides have been made
Science, innovation and local knowledge unite to transform agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin America and the Caribbean is currently facing a critical scenario: climate change threatens agricultural production, food insecurity is on the rise, and ecosystems are under increasing pressure. In response to this reality, the Initiative AgriLAC Resiliente has shown that science, technology and local
CGIAR launches a new Science Program to develop and deliver climate-resilient, market-preferred, and nutritious products for smallholder farmers worldwide Nairobi, Kenya – April 8 – As part of its 2025-2030 research portfolio, CGIAR launched Breeding for Tomorrow during its Science Week – a new Science Program designed to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time: ensuring a global