🌾 🔬 Behind every resilient harvest is decades of science, partnership and local knowledge. 🌍 CGIAR works to turn scientific breakthroughs into practical solutions that farmers can use today and adapt for tomorrow. 📺 on.cgiar.org/45HaDPT #WithScienceWeCan #FoodSystems

🌾🇧🇩 Women in Bangladesh have kept seeds for generations, yet few can get a loan to grow a seed business. @IRRI on how Orange Bonds could change that 👉 on.cgiar.org/4AcjXcj #FoodSystems

#ScalingWeek2026 has wrapped up in Nairobi! 3 days of scaling superheroes listening, learning and working together on how to turn promising food, land and water systems innovations into lasting use. 🔗 on.cgiar.org/47eGqbk

ICRISAT at #CGIARscaling Week! What if the Global South’s agricultural superpower is already within reach — in proven solutions ready to be adapted, scaled and taken to impact? That is the spirit of @CGIAR Scaling Week 2026 happening now in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme “Unlock Your Superpower.” For ICRISAT, one of those superpowers is South–South cooperation. Through the ICRISAT Centre of Excellence for South–South Cooperation in Agriculture (#ISSCA), we connect proven agricultural innovations with countries facing similar challenges — supporting their adaptation and scaling through science, partnerships and knowledge exchange. Today, ISSCA brings together a portfolio of 100+ validated and scalable solutions, engaging 300+ professionals across 40+ countries. issca.icrisat.org/ As researchers, innovators, investors, development partners and practitioners come together during CGIAR Scaling Week, the focus is clear: How do we move proven agricultural and water innovations beyond pilots and into investment, adoption and lasting impact?

ICRISAT at #CGIARScalingWeek! 🌍 @CGIAR Chief Scientist Dr Sandra Milach shares the story of transformation in Bundelkhand, India, where ICRISAT's integrated watershed approach has helped restore degraded landscapes, recharge groundwater, expand cultivation and strengthen community resilience. During her recent visit to Bundelkhand, Dr Sandra visited project sites and interacted with farmers and communities to learn first-hand about the impact of landscape restoration and how these interventions are transforming lives. Bundelkhand offers a compelling example of why scaling matters: when a solution works, its impact should not stop where it started. Scaling means taking proven approaches further — reaching more communities, restoring more landscapes and creating greater impact.

🔍What is the true cost of food? This webinar on September 29 will examine the methods of true cost accounting and share new evidence from #Colombia, #Kenya, #Peru, and #Vietnam: on.cgiar.org/4ykBQny @CGIAR @CGIARenviro @KristinMkulima

🇳🇬 Why do child nutrition outcomes remain so unequal across Nigeria? New IFPRI research uses four rounds of #Nigeria DHS (2008–2023/24) to track child #malnutrition and enduring North–South gaps. africa.ifpri.info/evidence-f… @CGIAR @IITA_CGIAR

“You have to take care of yourself so you can help other people.” Meet Helio, a GESI Officer at IITA in Nampula, Mozambique. He trains communities and partners to advance #gender #equality, #inclusion, and GBV prevention across 15 partnerships. 🌍 Learn more about Helio’s work.

📸 Day 2 of #ScalingWeek2026 in pictures. More than 400 people from over 40 countries and 100 organisations gathered in Nairobi with a shared question: how do we turn promising innovations into lasting change? 🔗 cgiar.org/news-events/news/i…

💧 Sustainable groundwater management starts with shared responsibility. When communities have the knowledge, tools, and support to make informed decisions, they can play a powerful role in securing India’s water future. Explore how 👉 on.cgiar.org/4xOE9iI @tanmoy_pj @CGIAR

📣 Save the date! 📌 Measuring Women’s Agency: New Tools, Takeaways, and What Comes Next 🤝 Organized by IFPRI and @WorldBankGroup 📆 September 30, 2026, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm (US/Eastern) 🗨️ @HMalapit @JonaRepishti @ClaudiaRingler 🎫 Register here: on.cgiar.org/4ydFpwa @CGIAR @TuftsUniversity @digitalgreenorg @gatesfoundation @BrookingsInst

🚜 In Buhera, Zimbabwe, a peanut butter machine and a chopper grinder turned Rudo Mudonhi's subsistence farm into a family enterprise with three income streams. With @CIMMYT 👉 on.cgiar.org/4cNDZ2F #FoodSecurity

☀️🔥 A record #ElNino is forecast for 2026-27, and fertilizer already costs 61% more. According to @IFPRI modelling, Malawi could see 4.6 million more people undernourished in 2027. But there us still a window to plan ahead 👉on.cgiar.org/4rfmUov #FoodSecurity #Malawi

🧵 Banana and Plantain Breeding Program Lead: Dr Rony Swennen iita.org/staff/swennen-rony/ @IITATV @RadioIITA #SustainableAgriculture #CropBreeding #AgriculturalResearch #PlantHealth #IITAMandateCrops

How do you evaluate whether the scaling effort was worth it? For #ScalingWeek2026 attendees, you're invited to join our session where we present a new framework for evaluating scaling efforts, developed by @iaes_cgiar. Know more: on.cgiar.org/4jhjwHx @CGIAR @CGIARScaling

🆕 #Blog Building control and trust for farmers in agriculture’s generative AI transition 🖊️ By Katarzyna Kosior Generative AI can deepen power imbalances. Farmers see simple tools, but providers often control the data, infrastructure, and knowledge generated behind the scenes. Farmer-centered governance is essential. Farmers need stronger data rights, meaningful choices over data use, and a greater role in shaping how agricultural AI systems are designed and governed. Learn more: on.cgiar.org/4hh0iRb @CGIAR

📣 One week until this #webinar: 📌 Making Food System Costs Visible: A Policy Imperative for Multifunctional Landscapes 🤝 IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Multifunctional Landscapes (MFL) 📆September 29, 2026, 9:30 – 10:30 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️Rui Benfica, @KristinMkulima. 🎫 on.cgiar.org/4ykBQny @CGIAR @CGIARenviro

☕📚 Weekly Reads from IFPRI is here! This week’s selection explores aligning private incentives with societal goals in smallholder agriculture, framing just agroecological transitions, evidence on climate adaptation in Ethiopia, the impact of climate shocks on household food security, and climate risks and adaptation pathways in inland aquaculture: 🔗 linkedin.com/pulse/peer-revi… @CGIAR

The energy is high in Nairobi, Kenya today as #ScalingWeek2026 begins! Convened by the CGIAR Scaling for Impact program and @ILRI.org, Scaling Week brings together 400 scaling champions across food, land and water systems to work on real-world scaling questions and challenges.

🔍 How can innovation, digital transformation & trade help build more resilient agrifood systems in a climate-challenged Africa? IFPRI joins the 8th African Conference of Agricultural Economists (ACAE), September 22–25 in Nairobi, co-organized with @afraaecon. 📅 Learn more: on.cgiar.org/3VDKNdl #8thACAE #AgriculturalEconomics @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa