Learning by doing, living lab and geonutrition learning landscapes, vision to action process: what next? can agronomy become agile? how to empower communities through action research, redesign & public private people partnerships.. thanks #agroecology and #farmeragency

Honored to be invited to speak about CIMMYT 's investments in knowledge and capacity development, technology delivery and impacts we achieved over the last 25 years in #zambia at our Host Country Agreement signing ceremony.

The Gov’t of Zambia & CIMMYT have today signed a host country agreement marking a significant milestone that heralds strengthening of CIMMYT’s contributions to the addressing the Agrifood Systems challenges facing the country and the Southern Africa region.

Exciting news! 🥳🥳🎉 The Africa RISING Program has been a game-changer in sustainable agriculture in #Africa for over 10 years, improving food security, #nutrition, and income, especially for women and children. Learn more about the journey and lessons in the latest report.

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Last week was highly enriching as we learned about the tremendous impact of the #USAID funded AID-I. In just one year, this initiative has reached over 2 million farmers across 6 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, engaging 80+ private sector and NGO partners! Well done!

Happening now! Resilience in rural Bangladesh Zambia Vietnam Brazil through policy, innovations. Drought tolerant maize, conservation ag, crop diversity making a difference! ⁦Bram Govaerts CIMMYT⁩ #DialogueNEXT Ag Ministry, scientist, farmer learning agenda:science in solidarity

Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded – again – that he’s a patriot of the highest order. Here’s my full statement: barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-o…

At the #9WCCA we learn that more than 205M ha are now under Conservation Ag. Thanks to all those players who contributed to this success! Bram Govaerts CIMMYT CGIAR CIMMYT ACT NETWORK Sieg Snapp CIMMYT Blessing Mhlanga, PhD Hambulo Ngoma

Paswel Marenya, senior scientist CIMMYT, participated as a panelist at the 2024 Africa Fertilizer & Soil Health summit #AFSH24, emphasizing the need to enhance farmers’ capacities to effectively utilize digital tools to go beyond more recommendations. bit.ly/3LvS3zG

Women and #IndigenousPeoples often face barriers to effectively participate in multi-stakeholder forums. A recent tool available in English and Spanish can help address the barriers and improve #equity. Learn more: 👉 bit.ly/3CANcX7 #IndigenousDay #WeAreIndigenous

The Africa Food Systems Forum kicked off with #CIMMYT’s session on "Scaling and Impact through Agile Partnerships." We explored how collaboration drives sustainable solutions, spotlighting the AID-I and SASAS projects in Southern Africa & Sudan by #FeedtheFuture #AFSF2024🌱🌍

Brilliant panel and engagements. We shared on emerging lessons on ‘Scaling to deliver and delivering at scale’ from #AID-I Southern Africa, emphasizing market-led, data driven scaling approaches.

Buffering Climate Extremes in Zambia: The Essential Role of Delivery with a Difference panafricanvisions.com/2024/08/buffer…

Shero Dr laurie Drinkwater a soils professor ⁦Cornell University⁩ is illuminating how soil health is managing Carbon Nitrogen & Water together for sustainable farming #savesoil nutient management thru ecology and systems science leads the way #agroecology

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In just a few days, I'll be joining #foodsecurity leaders & experts from across the U.S. and the world at World Food Prize Foundation Borlaug Dialogue. I hope you'll join me in person or online for all of the Feed the Future news, announcements, learnings & more. ow.ly/m0mz50TOp4f

How remote sensing is transforming Ag. research! 🇪🇹 Ethiopia – mapping yields, forage crops & land mgmt 🇻🇳 Vietnam – tracking climate-smart rice (AWD) & env. change 🇧🇩 Bangladesh – scaling flood-tolerant rice with AI & satellites👉tinyurl.com/d7txt28x

🇪🇹 In Ethiopia, CGIAR-supported innovations are reaching scale, with millions of households benefiting and policies securing long-term change. 🔗 Learn more in the CGIAR Impact Report: cgiar.org/cgiar-impact-r… #WithScienceWeCan #FoodSystems #Africa