Expanding horizons: a farmer’s journey from sheep fattening
In Serera Kebele, in Doyogena district of the Central Ethiopia Region, Abebe explains “It started with a mindset shift, seeing two sheep not as animals, but as a start of a business."
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How Ethiopia’s indigenous plant secures the future
What if food and feed could grow continuously, be harvested at any time of year, and provide both protein and energy from a single plant?
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Women and youth-led feed enterprises building resilience
The resilience of integrated farming systems relies on keeping essential links among their components. In Ethiopia's Doyogena district, the most vulnerable part of the sheep-enset mixed farming system is the availability of feed during the dry season.
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Using games to support invasive species management
Solving invasive species (and other) problems with fun and games. Innovative games and simulations are helping researchers and practitioners address invasive species and other complex environmental problems. This blog explores how CGIAR and partners use serious games to support learning, decision-making, and collective action.
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What 50 Years of Food Systems Research Reveal About Transformation
Over the past 50 years, CGIAR research has shaped how food systems are understood and transformed. This blog distils key insights from that body of work and what they mean for addressing today’s food, climate, and development challenges.
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How Rice-Field Ponds are Forging Climate Resilient Livelihoods in Cambodia
In Cambodia, where rice is life, climate change is shaking the foundation. Intensifying droughts, falling prices, and unpredictable rainfall means the monoculture model is breaking down. Integrated rice-field pond systems (RFP) appear to be a solution, as successfully piloted under the CGIAR–Asian Mega Delta initiative.
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Graduation from poverty in a changing and fragile world
IFPRI and Mercy Corps researchers will share more insights on graduation models in fragile contexts, with reflections from a panel of experts, at a policy seminar on January 21, 2026—both in person at our Washington, D.C. office and online. Join us for the discussion!
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Introducing the Conflict Sensitivity Wheel
Climate adaptation can unintentionally deepen tensions in fragile settings. This blog introduces the Conflict Sensitivity Wheel, a practical framework for assessing how adaptation policies interact with power, participation, and inequality, and how they can be redesigned to reduce conflict and support sustainable peace.