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The Innovative Youth in Agriculture (I-Youth) project, implemented by IITA in partnership with Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works, is extending agribusiness training to secondary school students in Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos states. I-Youth, through the Start Them Early Program (STEP) component of the project, over the last 18 months, devised several approaches towards attracting students to participate in various activities

It’s often said that life is a rollercoaster, trundling between obstacles and successes. CGIAR is embarking on its own ups and downs as the One CGIAR transformation officially takes hold. There will be successes, and a strong, more impactful organization will be born. But we also expect some twists and turns. As we move down this track, we should consider the

Women are more at risk of experiencing adverse climate change effects in some areas than in others. A new hotspot mapping reveals where.   A smallholder woman growing rice and vegetables in the southwest of Bangladesh is likely facing coastal flooding, rising sea levels, increasing salinity and other climate-related stresses. Her rice production is being particularly hard hit as the

An opinion piece by Klara Saville, head of global animal health at Brooke, and Delia Grace Randolph, professor of food safety systems at the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich and joint-appointed scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute, draws attention to a recent outbreak of avian influenza across multiple continents. Animal disease experts have warned that the

A central focus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)’s One Health work in Africa is the improvement of research infrastructure and capacity. In Kenya, ILRI has worked to achieve this by developing partnerships with local governments and communities while also establishing new field-based laboratories in the country’s project areas. These efforts have helped foster a collaborative and multisectoral One

BY FRANCISCO CEBALLOS, SAMYUKTHA KANNAN AND BERBER KRAMER Lockdowns and other social distancing measures imposed during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 disrupted agricultural operations around the world, with particular force on smallholders and the poor. While many studies have documented these effects, few have directly quantified the losses. In a recent paper published in Agricultural Economics, we measure the sources

BY JOSEPH GLAUBER AND DAVID LABORDE The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has roiled commodity markets and threatens global food security. Ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors have already driven up food prices. Poor harvests in South America, strong global demand, and supply chain issues have reduced grain and oilseed inventories and driven prices to their highest levels

BY THOMAS REARDON, JOHAN SWINNEN AND ROB VOS In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and other measures restricting the movements of people and goods led to disruptions in food value chains, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)—quickly followed by a number of surprisingly rapid adaptations and innovations to keep food supplies flowing. What is the situation now,