May 12 @ 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. (East Africa Time)   Healthy crops are vital for a healthy planet. However, agrifood systems are increasingly challenged by devastating pests and diseases due to climate change, international trade and travel, and weak phytosanitary systems. Recent analyses show that the greatest losses from pests and diseases are associated with food-deficit regions with fast-growing populations. Farming communities, especially in low- and middle-income countries, continue to struggle against existing and emerging crop pests and diseases.…

The Africa Agricultural Policy Leadership Dialogue (AAPLD) is organized by the World Bank. The dialogue will facilitate discussion by senior leaders in the private and public sector surrounding agri-food policy actions in the context of integrated and globalized agri-food systems. Leaders will examine examples of reform impacts and additional structural reforms to increase funding from private sector partners and deliver the transformation of agri-food systems in Africa. CIMMYT Director General, Bram Govaerts, will speak at the event. CGIAR Executive Managing Director,…

The international sorghum community will gather to share the latest developments in research, innovation and industry.

  CIMMYT will participate at the 8th Africa Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW) on June 5 - 8, in Durban, South Africa, under the theme 'Linking Agri-Business with Science and Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems'. This AASW is especially significant because it will resume AASW after a long pause since 2016. The 8th edition of AASW will host prominent business and agricultural leaders to strengthen links between agribusiness and science with attention on competitiveness in agro-industries and innovation…

The growing climate crisis demands more attention to address increasingly fragile food systems and drive their transformation.  CGIAR will lead a delegation to UNFCCC SB58 to advocate the recognition of the significance of food systems in the international discourse surrounding climate change. The objective is to enable climate resource mitigation to bolster smallholder resilience and nourish a growing global population through robust and transformed agri-food systems. Agricultural System/Climate Change Senior Scientist Tek Sapkota will participate in two side events: Towards…

The Scaling Scan is a user-friendly tool to explore what is required to scale innovation in a specific context, the implications this has for project management and collaborations, and the potential trade-offs on the environment as well as social dynamics. It is based on ten ingredients that represent the enabling environment for an innovation and have a significant impact on whether a scaling ambition can be realistically achieved. The first version of the Scaling Scan was launched in 2017 following…