By Will Martin July 11, 2025 Latest in a series of posts focusing on potential impacts of U.S. tariff proposals. Read the others here, here, and here. The “Liberation Day” tariffs proposed by the United States on April 2 included a blanket 10% increase for countries with which the U.S. runs bilateral trade surpluses or small deficits, and a range of higher tariffs
Today more than ever, the world is facing major challenges: climate change, biodiversity loss and growing food insecurity are affecting how we produce and consume our food. In light of this reality, it is becoming increasingly necessary to explore new alternatives that can help us build more diverse, sustainable and resilient food systems.
VoxDev Article Jeffrey Bloem, Amy Damon, David Francis, Harrison Mitchell As climate change stretches Nigeria’s dry seasons and disrupts traditional grazing patterns, tensions between nomadic herders and settled farmers fuel violent conflict—most intensely just before the planting season. New research shows how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns differently by gender and across agricultural seasons. While households often pivot
One year in, BRAINS Project is taking shape—empowering African farmers with innovative bean, insect, and fruit tree value chains that boost resilience, nutrition, and income through inclusive, climate-smart solutions.
by @Thembinkosi Baleni, @Godfrey J. Manyawu, and @Thandeka Matebesi Household incomes and livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers in southern Africa are continually challenged by low productivity caused by adverse climate change and inadvertent socio-economic factors.
Far from being inert ground, soil is a biologically active ecosystem critical to agricultural sustainability. A 2024 baseline study in Kenya’s Kisumu and Vihiga counties, conducted by scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, IITA, and KALRO, demonstrates that soil microbial diversity is a key driver of resilient and productive smallholder farming systems. Located in western Kenya, Kisumu
By Alan de Brauw and Johann Swinnen July 14, 2025 Agrifood value chains (AVCs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been expanding due to a range of factors, including income growth, urbanization, more market-oriented policies, globalization, and technological changes. Integrating smallholder farmers into those growing value chains, particularly for higher-value commodities, is an important path towards reducing poverty and generating employment
LAGUNA, Philippines (13 May 2025) — IRRI emphasizes prevention and suppression at the recent International Technology Cooperation Center of the Rural Development Administration – Korea (ITCC- RDA) and IRRI training on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The 5-day training course aimed to introduce recent paradigm shifts in rice pest management, update participants on recent advances in management technologies, and assist them