CGIAR CONTRIBUTORS A4NH, AfricaRice, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, CIMMYT, CIP, FTA, ICRISAT, IITA, IRRI, IWMI, LIVESTOCK, MAIZE, PIM, RTB,
07 February 2024 (HOMA BAY COUNTY, Kenya) –The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) held a Farmers’ Field Day at the Oluch Kimira Rice Irrigation Scheme in Homa Bay County, Kenya on 7 February to upscale the adoption of high-yielding rice varieties and climate-smart agronomy for increasing the productivity income, and food security of Kenyan farmers. The activity contributes to the
by Giriraj Amarnath, Issa Ouedraogo, and Martina Mascarenhas The Climate-Smart Governance (CSG) Dashboard was pre-launched at the COP29 Senegal Pavilion in Baku earlier this week, with representatives from the CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Directorate of Climate Change, Ecological Transition and Green finance (DCCTEFV), Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition, Senegal.
With rapid urbanization, schools remain an untapped frontier for building a resilient urban food system. In 2024, a survey conducted by Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) found that approximately 400 million children globally depend on school feeding programs addressing hunger and child malnutrition in around 148 countries. Currently, school feeding programs have grown significantly in Kenya, and according to Food
IRRI and partners empower haor farmers with climate-smart innovations to improve productivity, resilience, and livelihoods in rice farming. Nikli, Kishoreganj (22 April 2025) – Bangladesh’s haor region, responsible for 25% of the country’s boro rice and 15% of annual rice production, is increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks, old technologies and practices, and systemic gaps in the rice value chain.
A recent workshop in Ethiopia brought together researchers from the Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) and the Ministry of Agriculture, the Regional Bureau of Agriculture, alongside partners from regional agricultural research institutes, Universities, and CGIAR centers. (Credit: Enawgaw Sisay Shibeshi/CIMMYT) In some of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable communities, climate change is having a disastrous effect on agriculture, a critical sector
For approaches to be transformative, what is required is a broader and more comprehensive understanding and appreciation of farmers’ realities and the changes needed to foster large-scale transformation in their livelihood trajectories while avoiding or mitigating the dangers of maladaptation. This means that the climate response has to involve those from numerous disciplines across the natural and social sciences. Furthermore,
As the impacts of climate change continue to cause concern across the world, more than US$45 billion in East and Southern African agricultural productions find themselves at risk due to erratic rainfall patterns, extended droughts, and unpredictable temperatures. All of this raises grave concerns for food security and the economic livelihoods in the region that rely on agricultural means