Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

🌎 Nov 10–21, we’ll be at #COP30 in Brazil with the objective of #GlobalMutirão: People + Collaboration = Impact.
🌴 Follow us in Belém to see the visions and innovations that put collective action into practice for climate change. 🌱👉 https://allbiociat.org/49tfJSy

📊⚠️ Zinc deficiency affects ~25% of Colombia's population. 🍚 Biofortified rice can significantly increase zinc and iron levels within existing diets, but consumer interest is key. Discover the results of a blind study with 400 potential consumers!👇https://allbiociat.org/4ofsxAL

🌱 In Rwanda, climate info is guiding farmers like pilots through turbulent skies. ✈️ With support from the Alliance, RAB and ECREA, forecasts become action—yielding better harvests & stronger livelihoods. 📊🌱
👉 Read more in our blog: https://allbiociat.org/49p2GBu

👏🐄Our livestock forages team is one of 15 winners of the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge! With Yale and Biomedit, we’re creating an AI tool to simulate how animal diets, genetics, and microbes interact to reduce emissions!👇 https://t.co/ohGq2QyEjk https://t.co/ufgH02XMBc

🌾🌧️📖 Explore the infographic to understand how climate change, insecurity, inequality, and a lack of basic services are interconnected with irregular migration in Guatemala.
👉 https://allbiociat.org/3JiurRO

🌱 At #CSA2025, we’re tackling climate-smart livestock.
On Nov 6, join Jacobo Arango along with ILRI, Clim-Eat, and Climate & Clean Air Coalition to discover practical, scalable solutions for farmers, animals and the planet. 🌎
👉 https://allbiociat.org/4hur7zH

👩‍🌾📅🌍In #Ghana, researchers and farmers are co-creating a digital cropping calendar with real-time advice for smallholders to adapt to changing weather patterns. 📊⏰ Discover how the tool integrates weather, soil and crop data for actionable guidance.👇 https://allbiociat.org/4ozXteE

📱🌩️ Imagine your phone alerts you about an incoming storm… and tells you how to protect your crops! This is now possible thanks to digital climate action.
At the Alliance, we turn scientific data into safe decisions for farmers. 🌱👩‍🌾
#ClimateActionLAC

📢 At #CFS53, we joined global partners at FAO HQ to spotlight science & collaboration for a food-secure future.
🎥 Watch Fabrice DeClerck, James Stapleton & Elisabetta Gotor share how healthier, fairer, sustainable diets are possible—and essential. 🌍✨

☕📝 The EUDR requires urgent action for traceable coffee value chains. 💡🌍 Discover how, in #Kenya, we're collaborating with farmers and partners, embracing innovation to ensure that every bean meets international standards.👇
https://allbiociat.org/4qmWVu7

🌍 Cassava Witches’ Broom Disease is spreading fast, threatening cassava and food security.
🔬 Join our webinar to learn how science is fighting back.
📅 Oct 28, 2025 | 🕗 8:00 a.m. Laos | 📍 Zoom
👉 Register now! https://allbiociat.org/4oolSUclue

🌿 PTFI Ethics & ABS Expert Council at #LivingData2025! From October 21–24 in Bogotá, Colombia, our experts will join global leaders to explore how data can transform the way we understand and conserve biodiversity.
💡 Don’t miss our sessions: https://allbiociat.org/4o5yO1N

🌟 Scaling Week in Latin America and the Caribbean! The event promoted a shared vision of responsible scaling, placing people and territories at the heart of transformative change.
📽️ Key takeaways: https://allbiociat.org/4hmmHKX
👉 Join the LAC Scaling Network: https://allbiociat.org/47izQA2

🌿 In #Kenya, indigenous vegetables are making a comeback—boosting nutrition, honoring tradition, and building climate resilience. Once sidelined, they’re now key to healthier, more sustainable food systems.
👉 Read the full story here: https://allbiociat.org/47gqbtV

🧬🌎 From October 20–24, Montevideo hosts the 4th annual meeting of the Latin American & Caribbean Genebank Community of Practice.
📄 Discuss digital sequence info
🤝 Strengthen collaboration
🌱 Enhance conservation & use of genetic resources
🌾 Regional action for global impact

Living income goes beyond fair prices—it means inclusion, innovation, and resilience. At #CGLF2025, our regional director shared how regenerative agriculture and digitalization can empower coffee farmers. At the Alliance, we connect data, landscapes, and people to make it happen.

🌟 Discover the latest edition of the PABRA Friends Newsletter!
This quarterly issue features inspiring success stories and expert insights shaping the future of sustainable bean production. 🌱

📩 Stay connected! 👉 https://allbiociat.org/4qlu21u

📢 On Oct 22, we'll join #CFS53 for a high-level panel: “Strengthening the Impact of CFS Policy Products,” featuring Elisabetta Gotor. | 🕗 15:00–18:00 (CET) 🌍
🔗 Discover more! 👇
https://allbiociat.org/4oyP4rW

📢 On Oct 22, our DG Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza will join the World Food Prize Deep Dive on ‘Reimagining Partnerships to Transform the Agri-Food Innovation Chain’ alongside leaders from ILRI, 2blades, Bayer4Crops, PepsiCo and GEMS Informatics.🌾
👉 Learn more: https://allbiociat.org/4h9XlA5 🔗

📰 #InTheMedia: Ahead of #COP30, the Alliance joined 100+ leaders at the Asia-Pacific Workshop to scale climate solutions in agrifood systems 🌱
The goal: unify voices, boost climate finance, and align food systems with NDCs & NAPs.
👉 Read more: https://allbiociat.org/4npvFJ6

🌍 Transforming food systems starts with people. 🤝 This #WorldFoodDay, our team shares how their work contributes to a future with more sustainable, healthy, and accessible food. 💚🍎👉 And you? How are you contributing to transforming food systems?

📢 From Oct 20–24, we'll be at #CFS53, holding an event on how science and innovation can transform food systems.
🗓️ 22 Oct | 🕗 08:30–09:45 CEST | 📍Austria Room, FAO HQ
👇 Info here:
https://allbiociat.org/4hjI1kv

🌍 On #WorldFoodDay we stand hand in hand for better food and a better future! 🤝 From 👨‍🌾 farmers to 🔬 scientists, 🎓 youth to 🏛️ policymakers—every voice matters.
Together, we’re transforming food systems for people and the planet. 🌱🌐

🎉 This #WorldFoodDay we mark 80 years of FAO’s work for 🌾 food security, 🥗 nutrition & 🌍 sustainability. 673M people still face hunger and nearly 1/3 of food is lost or wasted. 🤝Together, FAO & CGIAR work #HandInHand for better production, nutrition, environment & life.

🌍 Researchers from the Tropical Forages Program at the Alliance represented the organization at the 9th International Greenhouse Gas & Animal Agriculture Conference (GGAA2025), a leading global forum on livestock and climate change. 🐄💨

🌾 GRBP Series #1: Applied Economic Studies for Rice.
Learn how economic evidence drives rice breeding innovation + see the Crop Observatory in action!
📅 16 Oct 2025 | 🕗 2–3 PM CEST | 📍 Virtual
👉 Register now: https://allbiociat.org/4pYzsPQ

👩‍🌾🌍 Growing resilience, together🌾
From field to policy, our visit to Kisumu County, Kenya, brought together partners to implement climate-smart farming systems.🌱 Explore how community seed banks and local farming networks are driving change!👇
https://allbiociat.org/46W0Erf

On #RuralWomen’s Day, we celebrate women-led innovation from Colombia’s Pacific coast! 🌊✨
Jaqueline & Yesi turn 🦐 shrimp shells into Camharina, a sustainable flour that creates 💰 income, 🌍 protects the planet & 🍽️ adds unique flavors.
📖 Full story: https://allbiociat.org/4nSKa9f

🌏 In #India, Country Rep Jai Rana highlighted existing efforts under the Himalayan Agroecology Initiative, developing roadmaps to promote #biodiversity, empower #farmers, and build #climate resilience. 🌱
👉 Learn more about the initiative here: https://allbiociat.org/48jn9az

🌏 In Melanesia 🌊, we steered the campaign towards healthier #diets and enhanced #livelihoods in the rural communities of the #SolomonIslands and #Vanuatu.
🔍 Curious? Read more:https://allbiociat.org/42ziZrl