This blog explores how hybrid mentorship models expand access to research training in Africa. Using the African Climate Mobility Academy, it shows how local hubs, global mentors, and alumni networks reduce barriers for women and early-career researchers.
CGIAR Climate Action played an integral role at the 6th Global Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference, steering discussions away from mere pledges toward concrete deals and financial commitments for scaling up solutions.
At COP30 in Belém, Non-Market Approaches (NMAs) gained significant momentum by formally being linked to the UNFCCC's Mitigation Work Programme, elevating their role as a crucial complement to market-based climate action under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.
Due to deep political divisions over finance and technology, the Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work (SJWA) on agriculture and food security stalled at COP30, deferring crucial implementation decisions to the final six months before its scheduled conclusion at COP31.
CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow’s Accelerated Breeding team, together with Market Intelligence, recently spent ten days with IITA’s breeders working across maize, cowpea, soybean, cassava, yam, and banana. The goal was simple: strengthen alignment of Market Segments and Target Product Profiles (TPP), review breeding pipelines, and data systems.
Malawian smallholder farmers are turning beans into income and nutrition. Through improved seeds, cooperatives, and market access, farmers boost yields, earn profits, and build resilience, transforming livelihoods and strengthening local seed systems.
Ugandan farmers now master the value addition process to shift from selling raw grains to creating value-added and nutritious products, fostering income security and improve nutrition in their communities.
Homa Bay County leadership, researchers, and farmers met in November 2025 to co-produce climate-smart bean advisories, ensuring timely guidance for the ongoing short rains as climate risks continue to intensify.