International migration has expanded rapidly over the past two decades, outpacing global population growth. A large share of migrants come from rural areas, which also receive about 40% of worldwide remittance inflows
At COP30 in Belém, CGIAR Climate Action successfully shifted food and land systems from the sidelines to the center of the global climate agenda by embedding scientific research into ministerial policies and co-launching major restoration and finance initiatives designed for long-term delivery.
COP30 solidified the transition of aquatic foods from a niche topic to a core pillar of global climate action, with WorldFish and CGIAR now focused on helping nations turn their ambitious new climate plans (NDC 3.0) into funded, scalable realities for fisheries and aquaculture.
In the Tropical Forages program at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, researchers Andres Ruiz and Juan Andres Cardoso are exploring new frontiers in plant phenotyping: using computer vision to analyze images from drones, satellites, and other remote sensing tools. Their goal is to better understand growth, traits, and environmental responses of forage crops by automating image analysis through machine learning.
The Sustainable Economic Observatory at Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT collaboratively developed an illustrative national food and land use pathway for Guatemala, incorporating actions that were prioritized with agriculture, health, environment and development ministries, NGOs, and farmer associations.
A meeting was held recently held in Nairobi to advance the design and integration of on-farm verification trials (OFVT) as a core component of breeding pipelines going forward.
Improving crops has never been more relevant but funding is tighter while expectations are rising. How did CGIAR crop improvement Science Program, Breeding for Tomorrow, respond to this reality in 2025?
Demand system estimation—gauging how consumer choices respond to changing prices and incomes—is a crucial facet of food policy research, yet remains a highly specialized and underdeveloped area in development economics