Theme: Agriculture, nutrition and food security

Meet the shortlisted candidates of the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge

Ten seed-level initiatives have been selected and over the next six months will work in collaboration with GRP to become businesses of interest to investors and funders. The RAIN Challenge is a joint effort with GRP and Shockwave Foundation.

Challenging established practices in the coffee industry

Coffee is one of the world’s most traded commodities, but many smallholder farmers struggle to access profitable markets. In Uganda, Mountain Harvest is working together with farmers to change this.

Promoting Indigenous Knowledge to strengthen community led adaptation 

Smallholder farmers in the Umzingwane district from the southern part of Zimbabwe are taking up locally-led initiatives and indigenous knowledge to adapt to unpredictable climate patterns. This is the eleventh of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP.

Banishanta, Bangladesh: Local weathercasters combat climate change

In the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh, people of Banishanta village have formed a local weather club to make informed decisions in the face of a changing climate. This is the ninth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP.

Policymakers need to work more closely with researchers to fight the global food crisis

We are facing the worst food crisis in modern history – Sweden and the EU need to take action to shift how food is produced and consumed. That was the message from researchers to policymakers during a high-level meeting for the Swedish government at Stockholm Resilience Centre

Keys to building an innovation ecosystem in food and agriculture

At the COP27 Resilience Hub speakers from CLASP, Energy Saving Trust, REEEP, the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the World Economic Forum came together to identify innovations that could help build greater resilience within our food systems.

Seed to Scale: Accelerating innovation enterprises

GRP partnering with Shockwave, the Global Innovation Fund and UNDP’s Innovation Small Grant Aggregator Platform (ISGAP) co-hosted an interactive session in COP27 Resilience Hub.

Changing with the tides of change: A women’s group journey towards climate resilience

In Kyamulibwa sub-county, Kalungu district, Uganda, we meet Beatrice Nakiweewa, who leads a women’s group to grow vegetables to use in their catering business impacted by climate change. This is the sixth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP.

What will it take to achieve long-term agricultural resilience for the planet?

COP27 event in the GEF-GCF Pavilion

Navigating the food crisis at the nexus of climate, conflict and food security

COP27 Resilience Hub session