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Africa’s potato potential: The path to food security and resilience

03/06/2026 Abebe Haile-Gabriel and Yurdi Yasmi

Potatoes offer a scalable, climate-adaptable, and nutritionally dense solution for Africa, where potato production has surged.

In sub-Saharan Africa, where hunger and malnutrition remain acute challenges, around 33 million smallholder farmers depend on crops like potatoes for both food and income.

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What does it take to direct innovation?

21/04/2026 Vincent Martin

Progress in innovation needs to be mission-oriented, not simply faster

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Small islands, Landlocked and Least Developed countries: They cannot wait for the next crisis

10/04/2026 Xiangjun Yao

Structural conditions shape how certain countries experience global impacts and how recovery unfolds.

Landlocked Countries (LLDCs) Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

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Hold the Land, Heal the Soil

09/03/2026 Maximo Torero

When farmers own land, they invest in it. Reforming and enforcing land tenure can be a powerful tool to combat land degradation and food insecurity.

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Unlocking the power of pulses

13/02/2026 Yurdi Yasmi

Pulses already deliver nutrition at massive scale. The shortcoming isn't production—it's getting more of them from fields to our plates

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Gender equality in science and innovation is critical for agrifood system transformation

11/02/2026 Charles Spillane, Mona Chaya, Preet Lidder

Promoting women and girls in STEM sectors strengthens the agrifood workforce, improves the relevance and impact of research and accelerates progress towards sustainable agrifood systems.

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