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One year after gathering its pioneering members in Bonn to shape the initial direction after launch, the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security is moving from ambition to action.

At a time when climate shocks, conflict and...

€2.2 Million in Power of Diversity Grants for Opportunity Crops

Opportunity crops are getting a boost in six countries thanks to the Power of Diversity Funding Facility. On 12 May 2026, the Facility issued a Call for Proposals,...

The global seed sector stands at a pivotal moment. Demand for innovation has never been higher, yet the conditions under which seeds must perform are becoming more complex and less predictable. Climate volatility, emerging pest...

For more than four decades, Joachim von Braun has been at the forefront of understanding and improving how the world produces and shares food. As a professor at the University of Bonn, he started the Center for Development...

AI is transforming business and society. Companies are scrambling to integrate it into business models and governments are using it across departments. It is transforming workplaces and classrooms with record investment set to...

Two recent features by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT spotlight how Colombia is working to scale the potential of locally important opportunity crops – and where barriers still hold them back.

Both stories...

Potato, cassava, guava, passionfruit and peach palm are as Colombian as cumbia, Betty la Fea and Gabriel García Márquez’s magical realism. These crops are found in markets, kitchens and backyard gardens across the country,...

A new article by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) explores how AI is transforming crop breeding, describing it as a ‘force multiplier’ that can improve the pace, precision and scope of crop improvement....