Ismahane Elouafi
@cgiar-emd.bsky.social
Executive Managing Director, @cgiar.org
At #COP30, @cgiar.org and @fao.org's joint Food & Agriculture Pavilion was more than a venue. It’s was a platform for collaboration, scaling and action, bringing together CGIAR experts, key partners, farmers, and food systems experts from around the world.
@cop30
@cop30
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
At #COP30, @cgiar.org and @fao.org's joint Food & Agriculture Pavilion was more than a venue. It’s was a platform for collaboration, scaling and action, bringing together CGIAR experts, key partners, farmers, and food systems experts from around the world.
@cop30
@cop30
Great news from #COP30! Brazil‑led #RAIZAccelerator launched yesterday. @cgiar.org stands ready to turn restoration science into investable opportunities and de‑risk finance at scale — to restore 250M ha by 2050.
More info: https://on.cgiar.org/48fw9fk
📸 @enb.iisd.org
More info: https://on.cgiar.org/48fw9fk
📸 @enb.iisd.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Great news from #COP30! Brazil‑led #RAIZAccelerator launched yesterday. @cgiar.org stands ready to turn restoration science into investable opportunities and de‑risk finance at scale — to restore 250M ha by 2050.
More info: https://on.cgiar.org/48fw9fk
📸 @enb.iisd.org
More info: https://on.cgiar.org/48fw9fk
📸 @enb.iisd.org
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📢 RAIZ launches at #COP30!
CGIAR is proud to be part of a new, Brazil-led accelerator backed by 8 countries to restore degraded farmland—a quadruple win for climate, biodiversity, food security & combating desertification.
https://on.cgiar.org/4o0OxhP
@fao.org
CGIAR is proud to be part of a new, Brazil-led accelerator backed by 8 countries to restore degraded farmland—a quadruple win for climate, biodiversity, food security & combating desertification.
https://on.cgiar.org/4o0OxhP
@fao.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📢 RAIZ launches at #COP30!
CGIAR is proud to be part of a new, Brazil-led accelerator backed by 8 countries to restore degraded farmland—a quadruple win for climate, biodiversity, food security & combating desertification.
https://on.cgiar.org/4o0OxhP
@fao.org
CGIAR is proud to be part of a new, Brazil-led accelerator backed by 8 countries to restore degraded farmland—a quadruple win for climate, biodiversity, food security & combating desertification.
https://on.cgiar.org/4o0OxhP
@fao.org
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Recently, our CEO, @paulbnewnham.bsky.social spoke with @cgiar.org's @cgiar-emd.bsky.social about what it will take to scale good food & nutrition for the billions left behind.
As #COP30 debates adaptation, this conversation is worth revisiting.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4W...
#GoodFood4All
As #COP30 debates adaptation, this conversation is worth revisiting.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4W...
#GoodFood4All
CGIAR's impact on global food systems with Dr. Ismahane Elouafi
YouTube video by Paul Newnham
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Recently, our CEO, @paulbnewnham.bsky.social spoke with @cgiar.org's @cgiar-emd.bsky.social about what it will take to scale good food & nutrition for the billions left behind.
As #COP30 debates adaptation, this conversation is worth revisiting.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4W...
#GoodFood4All
As #COP30 debates adaptation, this conversation is worth revisiting.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4W...
#GoodFood4All
Reposted by Ismahane Elouafi
#ClimateFinance must move faster & further—especially to small-scale producers. CGIAR provides the evidence & solutions countries need to turn adaptation goals into investable pipelines that build resilience.
Join us at #COP30 to learn more
https://on.cgiar.org/47Z2gkR
Join us at #COP30 to learn more
https://on.cgiar.org/47Z2gkR
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#ClimateFinance must move faster & further—especially to small-scale producers. CGIAR provides the evidence & solutions countries need to turn adaptation goals into investable pipelines that build resilience.
Join us at #COP30 to learn more
https://on.cgiar.org/47Z2gkR
Join us at #COP30 to learn more
https://on.cgiar.org/47Z2gkR
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🌍🐟 Aquatic foods must be part of the climate agenda.
Tomorrow at #COP30, WorldFish and our partners spotlight climate-resilient, low-emission solutions from small-scale fisheries and aquaculture - and the voices of communities who rely on them.
Find out more➡️ https://worldfishcenter.org/cop30
Tomorrow at #COP30, WorldFish and our partners spotlight climate-resilient, low-emission solutions from small-scale fisheries and aquaculture - and the voices of communities who rely on them.
Find out more➡️ https://worldfishcenter.org/cop30
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🌍🐟 Aquatic foods must be part of the climate agenda.
Tomorrow at #COP30, WorldFish and our partners spotlight climate-resilient, low-emission solutions from small-scale fisheries and aquaculture - and the voices of communities who rely on them.
Find out more➡️ https://worldfishcenter.org/cop30
Tomorrow at #COP30, WorldFish and our partners spotlight climate-resilient, low-emission solutions from small-scale fisheries and aquaculture - and the voices of communities who rely on them.
Find out more➡️ https://worldfishcenter.org/cop30
Great news from #COP30! We’re thrilled about this incredible investment in our research - and grateful to our partners for their continued support.
📢 $142 Million pledged to CGIAR at #COP30! CGIAR is thrilled to receive pledges from the UK, Denmark and Belgium, who are strengthening their commitment to CGIAR’s mission and helping close the adaptation finance gap. https://on.cgiar.org/49VixIl
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Great news from #COP30! We’re thrilled about this incredible investment in our research - and grateful to our partners for their continued support.
🌾 Leaving #COP30, I’m humbled by our scientists and partners turning science into solutions for farmers—resilient crops, smarter water, lower emissions. Real progress happens in fields, not conference halls.
Catch up & join week 2
🎥 https://events.cgiar.org/cop30foodagriculturepavilion
Catch up & join week 2
🎥 https://events.cgiar.org/cop30foodagriculturepavilion
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🌾 Leaving #COP30, I’m humbled by our scientists and partners turning science into solutions for farmers—resilient crops, smarter water, lower emissions. Real progress happens in fields, not conference halls.
Catch up & join week 2
🎥 https://events.cgiar.org/cop30foodagriculturepavilion
Catch up & join week 2
🎥 https://events.cgiar.org/cop30foodagriculturepavilion
✂️ Yesterday at #Cop30, I had the pleasure to officially open the #FoodAgPavilion in a ceremony together with @fao.org Representative in Brazil, Jorge Meza, and to participate in a great session exploring how we can integrate AI to better support farmer extension. https://on.cgiar.org/47Z2gkR
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
✂️ Yesterday at #Cop30, I had the pleasure to officially open the #FoodAgPavilion in a ceremony together with @fao.org Representative in Brazil, Jorge Meza, and to participate in a great session exploring how we can integrate AI to better support farmer extension. https://on.cgiar.org/47Z2gkR
Together with Community Jameel, I was honored to help launch FST-SPAG 👉 a new model that translates scientific excellence into investment-ready solutions, shifting from negotiation to demonstration with a portfolio of science-led innovations worth over $500 mil
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Together with Community Jameel, I was honored to help launch FST-SPAG 👉 a new model that translates scientific excellence into investment-ready solutions, shifting from negotiation to demonstration with a portfolio of science-led innovations worth over $500 mil
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
Speaking before the UK House of Commons last week. Rising heat, shifting pests, and unpredictable patterns are changing how and where we can grow food. Models that once guided us no longer fit today’s reality and that means our solutions must evolve too🌍🌱
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Speaking before the UK House of Commons last week. Rising heat, shifting pests, and unpredictable patterns are changing how and where we can grow food. Models that once guided us no longer fit today’s reality and that means our solutions must evolve too🌍🌱
#COP30 As we enter climate talks in Belém, we must ensure that climate solutions are accessible and affordable. Resilience cannot be built by leaving farmers behind.
📰 @apnews.com 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4qGWtHD
📰 @apnews.com 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4qGWtHD
As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake
In the leadup to the annual United Nations climate conference, the U.N. Development Programme has released new data about how climate change is going to affect agriculture, extreme weather and other factors that often mean life or death for people in po...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#COP30 As we enter climate talks in Belém, we must ensure that climate solutions are accessible and affordable. Resilience cannot be built by leaving farmers behind.
📰 @apnews.com 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4qGWtHD
📰 @apnews.com 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4qGWtHD
🎙️ CNN Global Perspectives: On Africa. Africa has the potential to increase agricultural productivity 5 to 7 times but we must close the investment gap and make innovation accessible to farmers.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/world/video/global-perspectives-soil-to-scale
#CNNGlobalPerspectives
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/world/video/global-perspectives-soil-to-scale
#CNNGlobalPerspectives
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🎙️ CNN Global Perspectives: On Africa. Africa has the potential to increase agricultural productivity 5 to 7 times but we must close the investment gap and make innovation accessible to farmers.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/world/video/global-perspectives-soil-to-scale
#CNNGlobalPerspectives
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/world/video/global-perspectives-soil-to-scale
#CNNGlobalPerspectives
🌾We rely on science, data, and digital tools to see how investments make a difference. Measuring impact in agriculture is never straightforward.
📺 Watch the entire episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aaQlSY2Jik
@financialtimes.com
#AgriculturalInnovation
📺 Watch the entire episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aaQlSY2Jik
@financialtimes.com
#AgriculturalInnovation
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🌾We rely on science, data, and digital tools to see how investments make a difference. Measuring impact in agriculture is never straightforward.
📺 Watch the entire episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aaQlSY2Jik
@financialtimes.com
#AgriculturalInnovation
📺 Watch the entire episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aaQlSY2Jik
@financialtimes.com
#AgriculturalInnovation
I’ll be speaking at Global Perspectives: On Africa, hosted by @cnn.com. Global leaders, innovators and storytellers in one place to spotlight Africa’s expanding role in geopolitics, business, sustainability.
🗓️ Nov 3
⏱️ 8:30am – 6:00pm GMT
📍 London
https://cnnicevents.cnn.com/globalperspectives/
🗓️ Nov 3
⏱️ 8:30am – 6:00pm GMT
📍 London
https://cnnicevents.cnn.com/globalperspectives/
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’ll be speaking at Global Perspectives: On Africa, hosted by @cnn.com. Global leaders, innovators and storytellers in one place to spotlight Africa’s expanding role in geopolitics, business, sustainability.
🗓️ Nov 3
⏱️ 8:30am – 6:00pm GMT
📍 London
https://cnnicevents.cnn.com/globalperspectives/
🗓️ Nov 3
⏱️ 8:30am – 6:00pm GMT
📍 London
https://cnnicevents.cnn.com/globalperspectives/
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🌍 Exciting news! Six international consortia have been awarded #NLCGIAR Water-Food Nexus grants to boost soil moisture retention for smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa.
https://on.cgiar.org/4ohrno0
https://on.cgiar.org/4ohrno0
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🌍 Exciting news! Six international consortia have been awarded #NLCGIAR Water-Food Nexus grants to boost soil moisture retention for smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa.
https://on.cgiar.org/4ohrno0
https://on.cgiar.org/4ohrno0
Talking about innovation, what actually matters is how we take it from idea to impact. The challenge isn’t creating new solutions; it’s scaling them so they reach the farmers, producers, and communities who need them most. Science and policy need to work hand in hand. 🌍🌾 At #BorlaugDialogue25.
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Talking about innovation, what actually matters is how we take it from idea to impact. The challenge isn’t creating new solutions; it’s scaling them so they reach the farmers, producers, and communities who need them most. Science and policy need to work hand in hand. 🌍🌾 At #BorlaugDialogue25.
🎙️ Honored to join global leaders at #BorlaugDialogue2025 for the session “Peace on the Plate: A Legacy of Security,” alongside Cary Fowler, Johan Swinnen, Sir Richard Roberts and Michael Werz.
@jo-swinnen.bsky.social
📺 Watch the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwvn-srwPI
@jo-swinnen.bsky.social
📺 Watch the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwvn-srwPI
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🎙️ Honored to join global leaders at #BorlaugDialogue2025 for the session “Peace on the Plate: A Legacy of Security,” alongside Cary Fowler, Johan Swinnen, Sir Richard Roberts and Michael Werz.
@jo-swinnen.bsky.social
📺 Watch the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwvn-srwPI
@jo-swinnen.bsky.social
📺 Watch the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwvn-srwPI
Last week, I spoke at the World Economic Forum #AMGFCC25. With innovation, technology, and investment in Africa’s food systems, we can produce more and do it sustainably
Watch the session: https://on.cgiar.org/3L2hImI
Watch the session: https://on.cgiar.org/3L2hImI
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Last week, I spoke at the World Economic Forum #AMGFCC25. With innovation, technology, and investment in Africa’s food systems, we can produce more and do it sustainably
Watch the session: https://on.cgiar.org/3L2hImI
Watch the session: https://on.cgiar.org/3L2hImI
Science must be at the heart of climate adaptation. In this @science.org piece, I call for greater investment in research and innovation to strengthen climate adaptation and build resilient food systems for the future.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb7893
#OneCGIAR #COP30
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb7893
#OneCGIAR #COP30
Can COP30 put investment in research at the heart of adaptation?
For nearly three decades, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has convened global leaders, policy-makers, and scientists—at considerable co...
www.science.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Science must be at the heart of climate adaptation. In this @science.org piece, I call for greater investment in research and innovation to strengthen climate adaptation and build resilient food systems for the future.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb7893
#OneCGIAR #COP30
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb7893
#OneCGIAR #COP30
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🌍 On November 3, @cgiar-emd.bsky.social Ismahane Elouafi joins the @cnn.com inaugural #GlobalPerspectives Summit in London, which will explore Africa’s growing role in shaping our global future.
Learn more: https://t.co/7Cd7khRZJ2
#CNNGlobalPerspectives #BusinessInAfrica
Learn more: https://t.co/7Cd7khRZJ2
#CNNGlobalPerspectives #BusinessInAfrica
October 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🌍 On November 3, @cgiar-emd.bsky.social Ismahane Elouafi joins the @cnn.com inaugural #GlobalPerspectives Summit in London, which will explore Africa’s growing role in shaping our global future.
Learn more: https://t.co/7Cd7khRZJ2
#CNNGlobalPerspectives #BusinessInAfrica
Learn more: https://t.co/7Cd7khRZJ2
#CNNGlobalPerspectives #BusinessInAfrica
🌍 Excited to participate in the CGIAR Gender in Food, Land & Water Systems Conference. It's inspiring to see researchers, policymakers & communities driving inclusive change
#AcceleratingEqualityinAg #GenderinAg #OneCGIAR
#AcceleratingEqualityinAg #GenderinAg #OneCGIAR
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🌍 Excited to participate in the CGIAR Gender in Food, Land & Water Systems Conference. It's inspiring to see researchers, policymakers & communities driving inclusive change
#AcceleratingEqualityinAg #GenderinAg #OneCGIAR
#AcceleratingEqualityinAg #GenderinAg #OneCGIAR
It’s inspiring to witness how science-based solutions can bridge policy, practice, and investment to create change at scale. 🌎
🔗 Learn more in our Impact Report: https://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-impact-report/
🔗 Learn more in our Impact Report: https://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-impact-report/
October 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It’s inspiring to witness how science-based solutions can bridge policy, practice, and investment to create change at scale. 🌎
🔗 Learn more in our Impact Report: https://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-impact-report/
🔗 Learn more in our Impact Report: https://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-impact-report/
🌱 True resilience comes when science and indigenous knowledge work hand in hand. Together, we can create solutions that endure. 🤝From earlier this year at World Economic Forum
#FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR
#FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌱 True resilience comes when science and indigenous knowledge work hand in hand. Together, we can create solutions that endure. 🤝From earlier this year at World Economic Forum
#FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR
#FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR
🌍👩💻 Tomorrow! The Race for Global Food Security during #NYClimateWeek @financialtimes.com 🌱
CGIAR’s Chief Scientist Sandra Milach will be live in NYC sharing insights.
Join online or in person: https://on.cgiar.org/47zbWCk
#GlobalGoals #FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR
CGIAR’s Chief Scientist Sandra Milach will be live in NYC sharing insights.
Join online or in person: https://on.cgiar.org/47zbWCk
#GlobalGoals #FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR
September 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🌍👩💻 Tomorrow! The Race for Global Food Security during #NYClimateWeek @financialtimes.com 🌱
CGIAR’s Chief Scientist Sandra Milach will be live in NYC sharing insights.
Join online or in person: https://on.cgiar.org/47zbWCk
#GlobalGoals #FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR
CGIAR’s Chief Scientist Sandra Milach will be live in NYC sharing insights.
Join online or in person: https://on.cgiar.org/47zbWCk
#GlobalGoals #FoodSecurity #OneCGIAR