For #WorldFoodDay, here are four stories from #Mali, #Zambia, #Ethiopia and #Kenya that highlight how AICCRA is working hand in hand with farmers and partners for better foods and a better future. See more & get the story links: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

In a new blog on AICCRA’s engagements at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Senegal & Africa Climate Summit 2 in Ethiopia, explore our takeaways on women, youth, capacity development, and inclusive climate finance and policy as crucial paths for resilience. 🔗 aiccra.cgiar.org/news/africas...

We're in South Africa at the @cgiar.org gender research conference to present insights from AICCRA's work on bundling climate-smart innovations for women in Ghana, and on leveraging AI for inclusive climate services in Kenya. Learn more & explore the research: aiccra.cgiar.org/events/cgiar...

In Mali 🇲🇱, AICCRA is helping 433K+ rice farmers (42% women) access climate info and practical farming advice through WhatsApp. Local languages & voice notes make it inclusive, while farmers share experiences, ask questions, and adopt climate-smart practices. Services expanding to Siramana & Bayaba.

From Dakar to Addis Ababa ➡ the spotlight remains on African climate action and resilience as we prepare to attend Africa Climate Summit 2 for an exciting line-up of events on policy, livestock, AI, finance and more. Info: aiccra.cgiar.org/events/aiccr... See you there! 🇪🇹 @ilri.org @cgiar.org

At #AFSForum2025, leaders, innovators, communities and youth are tuning into the same frequency 🔊 amplifying solutions that can build resilient, sustainable food systems for all. #COPSoil #Youth4Soil #OurFoodOurFuture @cifor-icraf.org @giz.de @norad.no @aiccra.bsky.social

🪘🪘🪘 .....Tomorrow at #AFSForum2025 - we're launching a NEW online course for agribusiness leaders! Join us in person or stay tuned for more info. 📍 3 September | 15:30-17:30 | Knowledge Hub - Stage 2 Developed by @bioversityciat.bsky.social and ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC)

#AFSForum2025 is about to begin and our excitement is growing! 🎬 Here's a quick look at AICCRA's line-up of events for next week. More info: aiccra.cgiar.org/events/aiccr... If you'll be in Dakar, we'll see you there! 🇸🇳 with @cgiar.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social @ilri.org

The countdown is on to #AFSForum2025! Coming soon to Senegal, we're excited to join colleagues from @bioversityciat.bsky.social, @ilri.org, @cgiar.org, regional partners and more! All the info on AICCRA's engagements: aiccra.cgiar.org/events/aiccr... We'd love to see you there!

In Chibombo district, Zambia, bundles of climate-smart innovations such drought-tolerant seeds, drip irrigation and practices like mulching, are boostings yields for farmers, including Joseph Sibanda and Caroline Mwanza whose farms we visited recently. Read more: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/field-a...

📩 Our latest newsletter is here! Explore stories from #Ethiopia, #Senegal, #Kenya and check out upcoming engagements at Africa Food Systems (AFS) Forum and Africa Climate Summit 2. >>> Read: aiccra.cgiar.org/resources/re... @bioversityciat.bsky.social @cgiar.org @ilri.org

📢 Calling all young African innovators and early-career researchers engaged in agri-food systems! Join us online on Thursday 24 July at 10am (GMT+2) for a training session: Innovating with impact - 'Why gender matters in agri-food systems' >>> Add to calendar: aiccra.cgiar.org/events/virtu...

🌾 AICCRA in the news | An article in The Guardian Nigeria today highlights how AfricaRice, with support from the AICCRA project, is promoting sustainable rice production models that increase yields by 5–20%. Read: guardian.ng/features/agr...

🔍🗺️ Driven by demand, we’ve compiled best-case climate-smart innovation and technology stories through AICCRA's work. These represent some of the most compelling @cgiar.org innovations being scaled by—and with—our partners. 🌍 Explore: aiccra.cgiar.org/innovations #ReadyToScale #Africa #Agriculture

🌍📢 Calling climate resilience, early warning systems or adaptation planning in #Africa! Join us online for a 5-week, practitioner-focused climate information services training hosted by AGNES, AICCRA and @bioversityciat.bsky.social. > Deadline: 17 July 2025 > www.agnesafrica.org/advanced-cou...

NEW | In our latest newsletter, explore: 🔦 A solution spotlight on 'Smart-valleys' in Mali which are boosting rice yields by 88% 🗺️ A new 'best bet' innovations explorer from AICCRA's focus countries 🛰️ National climate services frameworks are launched in Zambia & Kenya >>> Read: bit.ly/AICCRANews

📍 At #SB62, Elizabeth Nsimadala, President of Eastern Africa Farmers Federation spoke on behalf of the Farmers' Constituency. The message was clear: Cimate goals and the Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work have to connect with the everyday realities #farmers face. 🔗 bit.ly/4jXdTLk #JuneClimateMeetings

Kelvin Shikuku, senior scientist at ILRI, and KAZNET platform have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 Sasakawa Award, organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. KAZNET is being scaled in Kenya through AICCRA. Learn about KAZNET here: bit.ly/43Fmex3 @ilri.org

NEW | 🌍 From the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD, three resources for African Union member states to drive action for #SoilHealth towards implementing the CAADP Kampala Agenda. Explore more and download: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/equippi... @cifor-icraf.org @ca4sh.bsky.social

🙏🏾🇿🇲 We had an energy-filled day at the AICCRA Zambia Public Forum. A HUGE thank you to organizers, speakers and guests. 📸 We'll share more on the takeaways soon, but for now, here's a quick look! See more here: bit.ly/ZambiaForum #ReadyToScale @iwmi.bsky.social @worldfish.bsky.social

🇿🇲 COMING SOON - we'll be in Lusaka for a public forum to showcase how innovative partnerships are boosting jobs, livelihoods & resilience for Zambia's smallholder farmers. 📌 Thurs 22 May | 8:30AM (CAT) | Radisson Blu, Lusaka Register > bit.ly/ZambiaForum @iwmi.bsky.social @worldfish.bsky.social

🇲🇱 AICCRA Mali Scaling Week With Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, we’re uniting partners to scale climate-smart ag & info services. Innovations, equity, & policy in focus. Let’s scale together! Learn more about our work in Mali ➡️ aiccra.cgiar.org/regions/mali

#SaveTheDate | Hello Zambia! 👋 🇿🇲 On 22 May, AICCRA and partners are hosting a public forum to showcase how public and private partnerships are delivering innovations to farmers, boosting jobs, livelihoods & resilience. 8:30-13:00 (CAT) | Lusaka, Zambia 👉 Learn more and register: bit.ly/ZambiaForum

🌾Through 27 demonstration farms and field days, AICCRA project trained 1,000 farmers in Kenya’s drylands on the benefits of drought-tolerant crops like sorghum, pearl millet, green gram, and pigeonpea. ✍️Link to story: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/over-10...

#EarthDay | Farmers play a crucial role in protecting our planet. 🌍 Climate-smart agriculture enables farmers to adopt farming methods that look after the earth and contribute to building sustainable food systems and improving livelihoods in the face of climate change. Learn how: aiccra.cgiar.org

The real impact of scaling up climate solutions is in our ability to listen to farmers’ & adjust our approaches in line with their priorities. In our newsletter, explore a story sharing lessons on scaling from the Senegal team and other recent highlights: bit.ly/AICCRANews #Agriculture #Africa

🇸🇳 Targeting women with climate-smart innovations & information amplifies resilience in places like Mabo, #Senegal where women's participation in farmers cooperatives has historically been low. Read more in a new story by @asgrossi.bsky.social in @foodtank.bsky.social: foodtank.com/news/2025/04...

We're at #CGIARScienceWeek. Stay tuned for more & follow along online: events.cgiar.org/scienceweek

In the drylands of #Kenya and #Ethiopia, the digital transformation of livestock markets is gathering pace, and contributing to that is a livestock data platform named KAZNET. Read the story: bit.ly/3QWJaCf @ilri.org @cgiar.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social @sparc-ideas.bsky.social

Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to respond to the need for more sustainable farming, labor shortages, as well as rising costs and escalating food demand. A new World Bank blog explores how: blogs.worldbank.org/en/agfood/ar...

⭐️For #IWD2025, read a story highlighting two AICCRA initiatives in #Ghana and #Senegal — which illustrate how integrating women as decision makers and leaders in climate-smart scaling strategies is leading to sustainable and equitable impact. 🔗 bit.ly/AICCRA_IWD2025

"Capacity building is more than an exchange of skills and knowledge, it is an imperative step in ensuring a well-equipped ecosystem for long-term resilience & adaptation," said Alcade Segnon in our latest newsletter which shares stories from West Africa and beyond. ✉️ Explore: bit.ly/AICCRANews

The Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) for Eastern & Southern Africa takes centre stage at a learning event in Addis Ababa. Parmesh Shah, Global Lead for Rural Livelihoods & Agricultural Jobs at World Bank, highlighted AICCRA's work as a synergy point for #FSRP. 📲 youtube.com/live/x2j6mPY...

🇲🇱 Mali is developing the National Climate Change and Gender Action Plan to integrate gender equality into climate and agricultural policies. ♀️ 🌿 Engage women in CSA 🌾 Farmers' field schools for women 🌱 Seed distribution for vulnerable groups 🔗 Learn more: aiccra.cgiar.org/events/valid...

7️⃣ agribusinesses | 3️⃣ climate-smart bundles | 1️⃣ shared purpose 🇿🇲 The second cohort of the AICCRA SME Accelerator program is up and running in #Zambia! Meet them here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=27a5... Read more: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/zambia-... @iwmi.bsky.social @worldfish.bsky.social @cgiar.org

🌾👏 Congratulations to Dr. Elliott Dossou-Yovo, AICCRA Mali lead, for winning the Japan International Award for his innovative water management in rice farming in sub-Saharan Africa. His work strengthens climate resilience. 🇲🇱🌱 Read more: www.africarice.org/post/dr-elli...

📻 It's #WorldRadioDay! We're excited to share a new story from Kenya where climate-smart radio dramas - produced with community members - and radio talk shows are being used to share climate information with 400,000+ listeners in arid and semi-arid areas. 🔗 aiccra.cgiar.org/news/talk-da...

✨🌍 Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Watch to learn more about how AICCRA and partners addressing some of the challenges faced by women and girls in agricultural and climate research in #Africa. #WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #Agriculture

Our first 2025 newsletter is here! 📩🌍 In this edition, learn about the just-launched second cohort of the Zambia SME Agribusiness Accelerator and explore other recent highlights from East Africa, Kenya, Zambia and new research from our team. >>> Read & subscribe: bit.ly/AICCRANews

🇿🇲 From 150+ applications, three winning bundles, representing seven agribusinesses, have been selected to participate in the second AICCRA Zambia Agribusiness SME Accelerator. Read the announcement: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/zambia-... #Zambia #Agribusiness #Accelerator

🇪🇹 We joined IGAD Climate Prediction & Applications Centre in #Ethiopia this week for the 69th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum - #GHACOF69. Explore our engagements: aiccra.cgiar.org/events/ghaco... Read the just published March-May (MAM) 2025 outlook here: icpac.net/publications...

📲 New research from AICCRA and others explores how mobile phone-mediated scaling of agricultural technologies (MPSATs) is drawing attention as a game-changer as an effective approach for agricultural development and sustainability. Read: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #Agriculture #Africa

Season’s greetings to all our colleagues, partners and friends. 🌍✨ ✉️ In our last 2024 newsletter, explore how women entrepreneurs are scaling access to innovations for climate-smart agriculture 🆕 AND register your interest in an impact measurement masterclass coming in 2025. bit.ly/3ClimateSmar...

AICCRA is building partnerships to scale climate-smart agriculture and climate services for small-scale farmers in Africa. Led by the Alliance of Bioversity CIAT & supported by a grant from the World Bank's International Development Association. 👉 aiccra.cgiar.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdaa...