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Forecasts across the frontier: How climate data is guiding pastoralists
In Moyale, on the Ethiopia-Kenya border, localized climate forecasts help pastoralists make timely decisions on livestock, water, and crops amid drought and erratic rain.
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When farmers start calling for the weather forecast: Rebuilding trust in climate information in Uganda
In Uganda’s bean-growing districts, the ECREA project is strengthening climate services by improving access, understanding, and use of weather forecasts, enabling farmers to make timely decisions and increasing trust in climate information.
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Tracing impact: A joint mission through Kenya’s BRAINS project
Over three days in Nakuru, Nairobi, and Kiambu, partners and funders of the BRAINS project observed how research, markets, and finance are aligning to improve livelihoods, strengthen value chains, and build climate resilience for farmers and enterprises.
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A Leadership & Culture Workshop Shapes the Future of Rice in Africa
AfricaRice embarked on a transformative leadership journey with the launch of a five-day Leadership & Culture Workshop, bringing together managers and leaders from across the center to strengthen leadership capacity, align strategic direction, revive the team spirit and enhance operational effectiveness.
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When agriculture begins to change: AVENIR results in Senegal
At sunrise in a market garden in Goudomp, Ndeye carefully waters her vegetable beds. Just a few years ago, the cracked soil produced very little. Today, rows of tomatoes and okra leaves tell a different story. Like thousands of farmers across the regions of Sedhiou and Tambacounda, Ndeye is among the beneficiaries of the AVENIR project. Implemented by MEDA with scientific support from the Alliance of Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and funded by Global Affairs Canada, the project shows how climate-smart agriculture can help transform local food systems.
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Grain trader seed delivery model for groundnut in Tanzania: Mavuno Improvement for Community Relief and Services
Between 2024-2026 in Kagera, Tanzania, TARI, ACCELERATE and partners supported MAVUNO to pilot a grain trader-led seed model linking 921 farmers to improved groundnut seed and oil markets to boost adoption, productivity and reduce edible oil imports.
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Will the Iran crisis lead to another round of food price spikes?
Are we at the beginning of another period of high food prices? The short answer, in our assessment, is probably not—at least not yet. The conditions that drove prior price spikes are largely absent today, and the Hormuz disruption is a fundamentally different kind of shock than either the 2007-2008 food price crisis or 2022
