๐จ 28 World Food Prize Laureates & chef Josรฉ Andrรฉs have called for urgent action on hunger saying, โlet us double down โ not in words, but in action.โ
They urged world leaders to boost investment for impact ๐
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โProviding food, income, and healthy soils that sustain entire ecosystems, livestock are central to sustainable development,โ says Heifer Internationalโs Dilip Bhandari.
In Honduras, #SustainableLivestock have reduced carbon & restored over 2,000 hectares of land ๐๐พ
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1B+ farmers face climate change, but they also drive solutions!
From plant clinics in #India and #Peru to coffee-banana intercropping in East #Africa โ๐
Learn how farmers are building resilient futures ๐๐พ
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#ClimateAction
With science & innovation, agriculture can help:
๐ Boost food & nutrition security
๐ฐ Improve livelihoods
๐ฆ Combat climate change
๐ณ Conserve natural resources
Discover how from our @cgiar.org collaboration ๐๐พ
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#DYK investing in #livestock can cut emissions, fight poverty, boost nutrition & build #Resilience?
Climate-smart practices like precision feeding & rotational grazing can cut emissions up to 30% while increasing incomes.
Learn how from Bernard Kimoro ๐๐พ
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#Finance for agrifood systems must rise 40x to hit emissions & resilience goals, says @fao.orgโs global #NDC analysis.
๐ก Scaling #ClimateFinance can unlock climate-smart practices, protect livelihoods and strengthen global food security ๐๐พ
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#Farmers face shocks of all kinds, affecting their ability to farm.
From infrastructure to finance, explore existing solutions to help farmers build resilience and protect their livelihoods ๐๐พ
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From soil microbes to nutritious staple crops, the 2025 Farming First Spotlight Series highlights โmoonshotโ #innovations with the potential to transform global #agriculture ๐๐พ
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#FoodSystems drive 30%+ of global #GHG emissions but can drive action for #NetZero.
Experts @ifpri.org's Suresh Babu & @fao.org's Selvaraju Ramasamy say this transition must be just, protecting small-scale farmers in the Global South. Learn how ๐๐พ
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By 2050, agriculture must feed ~10B people โ but pests & diseases threaten this goal.
IICAโs Manuel Otero highlights innovations to strengthen biosecurity, surveillance & farmer support ๐๐พ
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Healthy soils = healthy food!
Yet, 1/3 of the worldโs land is degraded. Avoiding, reducing & reversing degradation can boost #FoodSystems, tackle climate change & accelerate #SDGs.
Learn how trees contribute to building resilience from CIFOR-ICRAF ๐๐พ
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โAfrica faces a growing and complex nutrition crisis stemming from poor diets and staple crops that are low in nutrients,โ says @cgiar.org & Africa Rice Center's Baboucarr Manneh.
Discover the rice innovations shaping Africaโs food systems ๐๐พ
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๐จ Where would the world be without innovation?
Marcel Bruins asks this question in our new Spotlight Series.
He explores the impact of innovation in #ag and a critical enabler of innovation ecosystems โ intellectual property (IP) ๐๐พ
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By 2050, global #ag must feed nearly 10 billion people while ensuring nutrition and sustainability โ this needs bold transformations.
In Farming Firstโs new Spotlight Series, five experts share innovations already shaping the future!
Read first ๐๐พ
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Countries are rethinking how pesticides are managed to make food systems safer and more efficient ๐
CropLife Internationalโs Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework is helping reform regulation, promote safe use & expand access to tech ๐๐พ
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From 5,000 seedlings to 130,000 ๐ฑ
Simon Mwangangiโs Vuma Tree Nursery in eastern #Kenya is creating jobs & restoring the environment.
With Farm Africa & Rabobankโs Acorn, learn how he is blending trees + livelihoods for #ClimateAction ๐๐พ
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#Livestock are key to #FoodSecurity, yet diseases remain a challenge across #Africa.
GALVmed's Lois Muraguri explains how solutions like harmonising veterinary medicine regulation in East Africa boosts market access & investment ๐๐พ
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โFeeding the ambitions of Africaโs youth through agriculture is a sure path to feeding the future,โ says AGRA's Hailemariam Dessalegn.
Leaders must create opportunities in #land, #finance, #training & #tech to unlock potential ๐๐พ
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Every $1 invested in tackling malnutrition delivers a $23 return!
๐ Biofortified crops
๐ฑ Micronutrient-enriched fertilisers
๐ณ Crop rotation & better agronomy
These are some ways #ag can help to address malnutrition.
Learn how on Farming First ๐๐พ
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๐ฑ Sustainable land use
๐ฝ๏ธ Food security
๐ Healthier diets
๐ฐ Better livelihoods
All this is possible by financing #agrifood systems across #Africa.
The new Malabo Montpellier Panel report shows how policy innovation can unlock the funds to drive transformation ๐๐พ
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Every year, millions of #farmersโ health is at risk from the misuse of pesticides.
๐ก CropLife Internationalโs Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework is helping countries reform regulation, promote safe use & expand access to safer tech ๐๐พ
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โFor millions of farmers, pepper is everything โ an income, a tradition, a future,โ says Dr. Derek Barchenger, recipient of the World Food Prize Foundation's Borlaug Field Award.
From family gardens to leading the World Vegetable Center's Pepper Breeding Program, read his story ๐๐พ
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Can a tiny fly change poultry farming in #Kenya? ๐ชฐ
John Kariuki from #Olrongai is using black soldier fly (BSF) larvae as protein-rich feed, cutting costs & boosting sustainability.
Learn how heโs working with farmers to integrate BSF ๐๐พ
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โ#GeneticDiversity matters. It equips farmers and scientists alike with the basis to respond to pests and diseases, malnutrition and the changing climate,โ says @fao.org's Yurdi Yasmi.
Supporting #Indigenous Peoples and innovation drives change ๐๐พ
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In East & Southern Africa, 800K+ smallholder farmers grow nearly 9M tons of potatoes yearly.
๐จ But, PCN โ a soil-borne pest threatens to wipe out harvests.
Discover how the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is tackling this ๐๐พ
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Youth arenโt just the future of #agriculture โ theyโre shaping it now!
From digital farming to food processing, young people are driving #innovation.
This #IYD, discover how to fully unlock youth potential in #ag ๐๐พ
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๐ฅ The 2025 Sweetpotato Communications Award is open!
Recognising individuals or teams who've advanced sweetpotato science & impact through research or outreach ๐
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Eligible work: Jan 2023โDec 2024
๐ฌ Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
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๐จ NEW: A fresh look at the future of global #FoodSystems ๐ก
Experts in @cgiar.orgโs latest book chart a path to more resilient, sustainable & equitable systems, from scaling #renewables to harnessing #innovation & #trade ๐๐พ
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#DYK that every $1 invested in #nutrition yields $23, yet millions lack access to healthy diets?
Growing diverse and climate-resilient crops can make all the difference, says experts Morgan Gillespy and Afshan Khan ๐๐พ
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Farmers are rewriting their future with #solar irrigation and #biodigesters in rural #BurkinaFaso โ๏ธ
Farmer Birba Issa says, โThe land used to sleep during the dry season, now...we farm all year.โ
Learn how ๐๐พ
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