Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
@bioversityciat
We deliver research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity & sustainably transform food systems to improve people's lives. #OneCGIAR
70% of global agrifood research investment is concentrated in just 10 countries. At the launch of the Alliance Strategy 2026–2030, Ruben G. Echeverria highlighted why leveraging finance is critical to closing investment gaps. 👉 https://allbiociat.org/4yAL93t
🌍 Call for Abstracts Now Open! Join #D4N2026, a regional conference focused on improving diets and nutrition across South Asia. 📍 Colombo, Sri Lanka & online 🎯 Theme: Navigating Systems in Transition 🔗 Submit your abstract by August 25: https://allbiociat.org/4pwKBaR
🫘🌍 For 30 years, PABRA has helped transform bean systems across Africa through innovation, partnerships, and a commitment to farmers. 🤝🌱 📅 Save the date: 31 August 2026 📍 Kigali, Rwanda Join us to celebrate 30 years of impact and the future of resilient food systems.
🌱🥔 Chayote is not an emerging crop. Through PDFF by Crop Trust, value chain actors are working to strengthen its role in biodiversity and more diverse food systems. 🌎 👉 Discover how: https://allbiociat.org/4pjkt2Y
📣 On 16 July, during the launch of the Alliance Strategy 2026–2030, Geoffrey Hawtin reminded us that the challenges facing food systems are global and that the future depends on what we do together. 📖 Read the full Strategy: https://allbiociat.org/4gHo88G
📣 On 16 July, Elisabetta Gotor represented the Alliance at the #CFS Collaborative Governance Dialogue at @FAO HQ in Rome, discussing how to prioritize the data that matters most, represent diverse realities and turn evidence into better decisions. 👉 https://lnkd.in/djdeKyn6
Biodiversity loss, climate change, and global instability are reshaping the future of food and land systems. How do we get the next decade right? 🚨 Join the launch of the Alliance’s 2026–2030 Strategy. 📅 16 July | 🕒 15:00–17:00 CEST 👉 Register here: https://allbiociat.org/4y2nRTM
Why do farmers stop trusting climate information? 🌤️🌡️ In Uganda, rebuilding trust means testing and adapting advisories with farmers, so data is clear, relevant, and usable for decisions. 🌍🧑🌾 👉 Discover more: https://allbiociat.org/4eyuOmU
🌱 Leaders from science, development, philanthropy, and agriculture are coming together to discuss how we can accelerate action and build more resilient food and land systems. 📅 16 July | 🕒 15:00–17:00 (CEST) 🔗 Register here: https://allbiociat.org/4y2nRTM
🌍 £10 million. 12 projects. 5 regions. We're proud to be one of 12 projects awarded funding through GCBC's third Research Grant Competition (RGC3)—supporting solutions for people, climate and nature. 👇 https://allbiociat.org/4yjToRg
📰 #InTheMedia | ☕📊 Managing climate risk is key to coffee production in Vietnam. Weather index insurance in Gia Lai provides payouts when rainfall thresholds are exceeded, helping farmers sustain production and reinvest after shocks. 🌧️🌱 🔗 Read more: https://allbiociat.org/4wzZX0v
🍫🌳 @WorldCocoa, the Alliance, and partners launched the A-DRA Methodology to strengthen deforestation risk assessment across cocoa supply chains. 📊🌍 🤝 Supporting transparency, due diligence, and EUDR readiness. 🔎 Learn more: https://allbiociat.org/4wt1jtU
🌱🌍 In southern Senegal, Tahirou Diallo is building a thriving farm through climate-smart agriculture. 🌶️🍌🌾Today, he produces dozens of tons of crops each year. 🤝 Through #AVENIR, supported by Global Affairs Canada and MEDA. 🔎 Get to know his story: https://allbiociat.org/4gqwcKV
📰 #InTheMedia | 🍌🌍 RIP the iconic "Big Mike" banana, next: the Cavendish 🔬 A new article explores threats facing global banana production, including Fusarium wilt (TR4). 🍌More about our work to protect banana biodiversity: https://allbiociat.org/44iqQKo 🔗 https://allbiociat.org/4eLnCoM
🌾💧 Can rice become more sustainable without sacrificing yields? 🔬 This review proposes Aerobic Rice 2.0: a systems-based approach integrating genetics, agronomy, soil health, water management and climate adaptation to transform rice production. 🌱 🔗 https://allbiociat.org/4pdJvRc
🌱🌾 More than 400 farmers, extension officers, and other stakeholders came together in Kenya to exchange knowledge and explore practices that strengthen climate resilience. 🌍🤝 🔎 Discover how sustainable food systems are taking shape: https://allbiociat.org/4gtNpDe
🌍 The world's biggest challenges are connected. Climate, biodiversity, and food systems can't be addressed in isolation. Join us on 16 July for the launch of Resilient Futures and the conversation on what comes next. 🔬🌱 🔗 https://allbiociat.org/4y2nRTM
🌱🔬 The Alliance and JIRCAS continue advancing #BNI research. Together with Dr. Guntur Subbarao, researchers discussed the future of BNI-Brachiaria hybrids and opportunities to support more sustainable, low-emission livestock systems in Latin America. 🌾🐄🌎
🍌🌎 Tackling Fusarium wilt (Foc TR4) requires regional action. 🤝 National Plant Protection Organizations and partners across Latin America and the Caribbean are strengthening surveillance, biosecurity, and early detection efforts. 🔎 Learn more: https://allbiociat.org/44iqQKo
📊🌱 A year of innovation, evidence, and impact. From data to sustainability outcomes, the Carbon Sequestration Project's interactive report brings together key achievements and insights from 2025. 🌍🔬 🔎 Explore the results: https://allbiociat.org/4pppxDj
🌾👩🌾 As we mark the International Year of the Woman Farmer, this fact check explores 8 myths about women farmers and what they reveal about innovation, resilience, and food systems.🌍📊 📣 Not helpers. Essential. 🔎 Discover more: https://allbiociat.org/4fi0JcD #WomenInFarming #IYWF2026
📰 #InTheMedia | ☕🌧️ Climate shocks are reshaping how coffee farmers manage risk in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. With weather index insurance, payouts help stabilize incomes and enable faster recovery after extreme weather. 🌏🌱 🔗 Learn more: https://allbiociat.org/4bmQoty
🤖🌾As AI reshapes food systems, farmers must be more than technology users, they must help shape the future of digital agriculture.🌍📱 At the #CFS Forum, the Alliance highlighted the importance of inclusive data governance and farmer participation. 🤝 🔗 https://allbiociat.org/4wJ7UAP
📢 New edition of #BehindOurImpact: meet Nathalie from Italy! 🌍 From the front desk in Rome, she supports events and connects people, spaces, and services, helping everything run smoothly across HQ. 🤝✨ 👇Swipe through to learn more about her journey.
📣 On 2 July, we joined the @FAO Global Conference on Smart Farming, where Alliance DG Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza shared how smart farming integrates data, labs and field action for safer food systems 🌱➡️
🌍 Conflict-prone countries receive<5% of global adaptation finance, compounding vulnerability to conflict and climate change. However, with the right tools, sustainable investment in food systems can become a driver of peace. 🤝 📢 Discover how! 👇 https://allbiociat.org/4aYDUZ2
Food supply chains are under pressure 🌍📉 But science helps stay ahead of risk 🔬 ⚠️ What if we could anticipate climate shocks 🌦️ before they hit? 👉 Data into action at scale: lower emissions 🌱, higher incomes 📈 🔗 Explore the Annual Report: https://allbiociat.org/4gPHV5M
🤝 Strong partnerships turning science into climate action. The Alliance, the Kenya Meteorological Service Academy and the Institute for Meteorological Training and Research are joining forces to help climate information reach policymakers, farmers, and communities. 🌱🌦️
What does impact look like on the ground? 🌱🐄 Massai forage, 30 years of science 🤝, now supports millions of farmers with more resilient livestock. 👉 Next: climate-smart crops to cut emissions 🌍 🔗 Explore the Annual Report: https://allbiociat.org/3Rbjqpe
📣 At #LCAW2026, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT showed how science scales impact when paired with the right partnerships and finance. The solutions exist. The models exist. Now we need the partnerships and investment to scale them. 👉 https://allbiociat.org/4p0DQOq