CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security

Crises—whether driven by conflict, climate shocks, or economic instability—rarely affect everyone equally. Women and girls often bear the heaviest burdens, facing heightened food insecurity, disrupted livelihoods, and increased risks to their health and safety. On November 12, join International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) , CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security virtual policy seminar “Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems” from 9:00am to 10:30am EST. This event is co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Science Program and is part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar Series. 🎫 Register here: https://lnkd.in/d7KGCdCK #IFPRIPolicySeminar 🔸 CGIAR

There’s still time to join this upcoming #IFPRIPolicySeminar, co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Science Program. 🗓️Wednesday, October 22, 2025, from 9:00 to 10:30AM EDT 🎟️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/ePjHqS_a CGIAR

#HappeningTomorrow 📢 🌍 International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in partnership with the CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, will host the next Frontlines Learning Exchange (FLEX) Webinar Series, focusing on: ✨ Youth- and Women-Led Innovation: Transforming Fragile Contexts Through Circular Solutions 📅 Date: October 9, 2025 ⏰ Time: 11:00 GMT | 14:00 EAT The FLEX series, created by International Water Management Institute (IWMI), under the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security shares critical knowledge on climate resilience, food, and water systems from fragile settings while providing a platform for learning, collaboration, and collective action. This webinar will spotlight how young people and women are driving Circular Economy solutions to reduce pollution, recover value, and build resilient food and water systems for fragile communities. 👉🏿Register now and be part of the conversation shaping resilience in fragile contexts: on.cgiar.org/48wjZ37

Through the Stability-and-Peace Accelerator II, the WFP Innovation Accelerator and the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Programme are joining forces to strengthen the resilience of the food security, land and water systems in resource-constrained settings. Together, they’re supporting three ventures focused on: 🌽 Sustainable food production innovations for resource-constrained and urban settings   🌱 Nutritional solutions to address deficiencies in vulnerable communities ⭕ Circular economy solutions to reduce waste and optimize resources Bootcamp sessions kick off next week, culminating in a showcase spotlighting transformative innovations that could reshape food systems, nutrition and water resilience in refugee and host communities, urban settings and islands. 📅 Be part of the event where these ventures unveil their solutions and impact.   🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/dHm2zSWK

Save the date! 📅October 22⏰9:00AM EDT 📌#IFPRIPolicySeminar: Informing Crisis Response in Sudan 🤝Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Science Program | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar Series 🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/SudanCrisis- CGIAR

Through the Stability-and-Peace Accelerator, the WFP Innovation Accelerator and the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Programme are joining forces to strengthen the resilience of the food security, land and water systems in resource-constrained settings. Together, they’re supporting three ventures focused on: 🌽 Sustainable food production innovations for resource-constrained and urban settings 🌱 Nutritional solutions to address deficiencies in vulnerable communities ⭕ Circular economy solutions to reduce waste and optimize resources Bootcamp sessions kick off next week, culminating in a showcase spotlighting transformative innovations that could reshape food systems, nutrition and water resilience in refugee and host communities, urban settings and islands. 📅 Be part of the event where these ventures unveil their solutions and impact. 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/dHm2zSWK

On October 2, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) will host #FLEX webinar exploring how water can serve as a lens to examine how humanitarian interventions support locally led, gender-responsive climate adaptation in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Drawing on field experiences from Africa, Asia and Middle East, the webinar will highlight practical approaches for shifting power to communities, amplifying the voices of women and marginalized groups, and linking local knowledge to global humanitarian and climate frameworks. The webinar will focus on key areas including: • Locally led adaptation in fragile and conflict-affected settings • Gender and social inclusion as drivers of equitable adaptation in fragile settings • The nexus of water, resilience, and peace • Financing and institutional support for community-led adaptation • Using evidence and local knowledge to link humanitarian and climate action 📅 Oct 2, 2025 ⏰ 12:00pm CET | 3:30pm IST | 10:00am GMT 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gu9d4Jbk

Humanitarian actors have given out cookstoves for decades, but why is adoption still so low? In many displacement settings, "clean cookstoves" are seen as a quick win: a solution to food insecurity, environmental degradation, and even gender-based violence. But these efforts keep falling short . Why? Because the dominant “procure-and-provide” model creates dependency, suppresses local markets, and fails to build the resilient systems required for sustained adoption. Read part 1 of our series on building food, water, and climate security in fragile settings by Radhika Singh, PhD: ⏩ https://lnkd.in/eVpnrShg

Stability is not always what it seems. On Hatiya Island in Bangladesh, people lose their homes every few years to rising waters. Cyclones strike. Crops fail. Boats vanish. Yet, when researchers asked locals what worried them most, climate change wasn't the top concern. Instead? ➡️ Mounting debt ➡️ Soaring food prices ➡️ Broken healthcare and education systems Climate disasters are real but they are not the full picture. Hatiya forces us to rethink what resilience really means. Swipe for more. 📖 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eGZM_3-j Paper by Ma Suza Jeroen Warner Grazia Pacillo Peter Läderach Han Van Dijk