🔬 🌱 The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics has secured a humanitarian license to deploy gene editing for sorghum, millets, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut, bringing climate-resilient crops to smallholder farmers across Asia and Africa 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4zqIkmg

🎤 🙍‍♂️ At #COP17Mongolia, Lulseged Desta, Director of CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes, shares why restoring and managing landscapes is essential to tackling today's interconnected climate, biodiversity and food security challenges. 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4wjmfmB #COP17Ulaanbaatar @unccd.bsky.social

🇲🇳 Week 1 at #UNCCDCOP17 was full of conversations and new connections around some of the biggest challenges facing our landscapes 🌱 We’re excited for another week of science, partnerships and solutions in Ulaanbaatar. Stay tuned! #COP17Ulaanbaatar #IYRP2026

The countdown is on to #AFSForum2026 in Kigali, Rwanda! Across our engagements, CGIAR will bring together science, evidence and partnerships that move proven innovations from pilots to impact at scale. 📌 Join us: https://on.cgiar.org/4m5B6hd

Fish do more than feed communities. They help economies grow. 🐟 New @worldfish.bsky.social research in Marine Policy links increased fish production to GDP per capita growth across Africa. The case for investing just got stronger 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/3UCTO5S

One week into #COP17Ulaanbaatar 📸 Here are some of the conversations and people from our first week in Ulaanbaatar. Join us next week and catch the recordings https://on.cgiar.org/4h03Gjq @iwmi.bsky.social @bioversityciat.bsky.social @ilri.org #UNCCDCOP17

🌱 Soil, water and food challenges can't be solved in isolation. At #UNCCDCOP17, Dr. Stanford Blade, Deputy Director General – Research and Innovation of ICRISAT on how CGIAR connects them, to ensure productive soils for the future. https://events.cgiar.org/cgiarccdcop17

🌏 TODAY at #COP17Mongolia Join the launch of the Multifunctional Landscape Coalition and explore a new approach to coordinated action for people and planet. 🔗 Livestream: https://on.cgiar.org/4wBNkBM @unccd.bsky.social @ilri.org @ifad.org @landalliance.bsky.social @adb.org

📄Behind every 2025 result, from Sudan to Yemen to the Pacific, is one thing: trust, built over years with partners on the ground 🤝 🔬🌾 Science only delivers when it's created with communities, not for them. Read more 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/45fF0fT

Climate resilience investments should not just go where hazards hit hardest, but where risk, vulnerability, and real opportunity overlap. See how @iwmi.bsky.social's #Jahez project mapped priority sites in Jordan's refugee-hosting communities: on.cgiar.org/3Ud3rbl @cgiar.org

🆕 #OpenAccess study: Bridging agronomic science and context specific farm-level advisory through generative AI for rice systems in India. 🖊️ Shalini Gakhar, @jawookoo.bsky.social, Girija Prasad Patnaik & Raj Kumar Singh 🔗 doi.org/10.3389/frai.2026.1808028 @cgiar.org @irriofficial.bsky.social

Frontiers | Bridging agronomic science and context specific farm-level advisory through generative AI for rice systems in India

Agriculture is increasingly characterized by a data paradox, while the sector generates massive volumes of genomic, climatic, remote sensing, and field data....

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#NowReading: Integrated hydrological and economic assessment of hydropower and irrigation development in #Sudan under climate change. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.136135 @cgiar.org

Today at #COP17Mongolia, explore integrated approaches to manage water and land resources to strengthen climate resilience, ecosystems & livelihoods. Ft @iwmi.bsky.social @unccd.bsky.social @ilri.org & more 📍Unite for Nature Pavilion ⏰ Aug 19 | 11:00 UTC+8 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4ziZMc8

CGIAR is recruiting new members for the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC), an external, impartial standing panel of eight experts providing rigorous, independent strategic advice to the CGIAR Council and the CGIAR System as a whole. Learn more: https://on.cgiar.org/4xAnNt

The first days of UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 🏜️ Today's event, led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), brought together Central Asia and Pakistan to discuss drought as a shared challenge. Follow the events online 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4h03Gjq

🌍 Today at #COP17Mongolia, we're exploring strengthening drought resilience in Central Asia and Pakistan Join us in person or online to hear from @iwmi.bsky.social @unccd.bsky.social, and more. 📍IUCN Pavilion and online ⏰ Aug 18 | 11:00 UTC+8 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4wX3re2

🌱 🔬 We’re at #UNCCDCOP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia! 🇲🇳 Take a quick tour to see where you can find CGIAR over the next two weeks. Join our events online 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4h03Gjq #IYRP2026 @unccd.bsky.social

🔬Breakthroughs start with science. Impact grows through partnership. 🌍 Join us for CGIAR Science & Partnership Week 2027. 📍 New Delhi, India 📅 12–17 April 2027 📩 Register for updates 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4tuknGo #CGIARScienceWeek

Next Week: Follow us for live updates, insights, and key moments from #UNCCDCOP17 in Ulaanbaatar. 📆Explore our agenda: https://on.cgiar.org/402NFkn 📺Watch: https://on.cgiar.org/4wjmfmB #COP17Mongolia @unccd.bsky.social

Land degradation, drought, biodiversity loss, and water stress interact across the same landscapes. 🌐 At #UNCCDCOP17, CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes calls for integrated solutions. 🌿 Join us: https://on.cgiar.org/4h03Gjq #COP17Mongolia @unccd.bsky.social

CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES) is seeking a Senior Evaluation Manager for Center External Reviews. The role requires an evaluation professional and manager with specific experience evaluating organizations or research institutes. APPLY HERE: https://on.cgiar.org/4q9X8kE

🌱 Food, land, water and climate are one connected system. At #CrawfordFundConference, CGIAR Chief Scientist Sandra Milach shared why climate adaptation requires integrated solutions and sustained investment in agricultural research. 📺 https://on.cgiar.org/3S4ZGE8 #CGIAR #ClimateAdaptation

🆕 #IFPRIBlog: Understanding soil health in practice: Insights from India’s Soil Health Card scheme. 🖊️ Ritwick Ghosh, Wei Zhang, Upeksha Hettiarchchi, Francis Phillip, and Ryan Nehring 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/4i0KsL1 @cgiar.org

Backed by @globalaffairs.canada.ca and delivered with local partners, CGIAR's Multifunctional Landscapes has linked agrobiodiversity, school meals and markets while restoring degraded land in Kenya's Ndeiya, step by step. https://on.cgiar.org/4q2Xh9F

Infrastructure for pastoralists is more than concrete. As we mark #IYRP2026, this new blog from CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes highlights why livestock routes, climate services and veterinary care matter. 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4q3Lfgo @cgiar.org @ilri.org

🆕 on the #IFPRIBlog: Limits of site-specific fertilizer recommendations: Evidence from a Malawi experiment. 🖊️ By Thomas Woldu Assefa, Jonathan Atkinson, Hailemariam Ayalew Tiruneh , Joachim De Weerdt, Edwin Siyame, David J. Spielman, & Bjorn Van Campenhout 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/4whGuRU @cgiar.org

💧 #CommunityLeadership is the foundation of lasting water security. Meet Sabina Shonhiwa, whose vision shows how reliable water can transform lives, livelihoods, and resilience beyond agriculture. 👉 on.cgiar.org/4z4dyPM @cgiar.org #RuralDevelopment

🌱 Nearly 40% of the world's land is degraded. At #UNCCDCOP17, CGIAR will be at the #IUCN Pavilion highlighting the science, finance, and locally led innovations needed to restore landscapes and strengthen resilience. https://on.cgiar.org/4h03Gjq #Cop17Mongolia #CGIAR @unccd.bsky.social

🔬 🌱 Agricultural science is evolving rapidly, with investment and innovation expanding across the globe 🌍 The opportunity now is to connect strengths, share knowledge, and build partnerships that deliver greater impact. 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4b3P1ju #LCAW2026

#UNCCDCOP17 is a defining moment for land restoration. Nearly 40% of the world’s land is degraded. Countries must move from pledges to action, with science showing how. 🌿 Join us: https://on.cgiar.org/4h03Gjq #COP17Ulaanbaatar #CGIAR @unccd.bsky.social