In Madhya Pradesh, a new effort is exploring pathways to better link local livelihoods, community knowledge, and India’s diverse food heritage with school meal programs. While aiming to enhance nutrition for children, the effort also seeks to reintroduce neglected and underutilized crops into local farming and institutional food systems. Mobilizing Agrobiodiversity in India to Support Integrated Landscape Planning and
Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as one of the 2025 Africa Food Prize Laureates, honoring her outstanding contributions to advancing Africa’s agricultural transformation through the widespread promotion of a novel node culture technology for cassava and yam called Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH). Dr Diebiru-Ojo’s work is shaping a new frontier in rapid crop multiplication, transforming SAH from a
By Dr. Baboucarr Manneh, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Director General In the face of urgent challenges threatening global food security — from climate change to new diseases and other adaptation pressures — we need to breed rice for Africa faster than ever. We must predict how varieties will perform earlier, and we now have tools that let us do exactly
Organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT through AICCRA, ImpactSF and the Women’s Investment Club (WIC), the workshop mixed case studies, practical tools (such as the “Green” Business Model Canvas and sustainable business plans), and pitch preparation—all with the Africa Food Systems Forum, taking place in Dakar from August 31 to September 5, 2025. View original article
By Suresh Babu and Ann Maina September 4, 2025 The rising incidence of climate change-driven extreme weather and related problems has profound implications for food system transformation. Linking food system efforts to climate action goals and integrating their strategic objectives can accelerate progress in both food system transformation and addressing climate change, and yield positive synergies. A key effort on this
As part of the Tropentag 2025 conference, a pivotal workshop on 10 September 2025 will bring together a diverse coalition of international experts to tackle one of the most pressing challenges of our time: reconciling the changing use of land with the health of our planet. The session from 09:00 – 12:00 (CEST), titled “Enhancing tropical landscape multifunctionality, resilience, adaptability
September 5, 2025 In this interview, we spoke with Ben Belton, a Research Fellow with IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Unit based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, lead author of a new article in Science about the rapidly expanding use of drones in agriculture around the world—particularly in the Global South.
Fondazione Agritech (Agritech) and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, through the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP), are proud to announce a new strategic partnership aimed at fostering international cooperation, strengthening innovation ecosystems, and accelerating the global market integration of Italian startups in the agri-food sector. Formalized under a Memorandum of Understanding, this partnership will leverage the