

Nature-Positive Solutions
The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions aims to re-imagine, co-create and implement nature-positive solutions-based agri-food systems that equitably support food and livelihoods while ensuring that agriculture is a net positive contributor to biodiversity and nature.
Highlights
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How Kenyan women are leading the agroecology revolution in Kenya
Women in Kenya collaborating with CGIAR to implement agroecology and nature-positive agriculture practices are increasing agrobiodiversity, restoring landscapes and – crucially – setting examples of how women can improve their families’ health and biodiversity-based incomes. -
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Nature-positive farms on remote hillsides in India show the future of resilient farming
Monsoons are a mixed blessing for rain-dependent farmers in remote mountain villages: the deluges bring fields to life but also exacerbate degraded landscapes hammered by climate change. But implementing nature-positive agriculture, which can begin with overlooked local resources, can transform livelihoods and landscapes. Farmers in a village in western India are setting examples to follow on World Environment Day. -
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CGIAR Initiative NATURE+ unites circular economy entrepreneurs in Colombia
CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative is working with green-economy entrepreneurs who have the potential to become leaders in Colombia’s growing circular economy. A three-day boot camp at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Palmira, Colombia was a recent milestone in a long-term project to help support, incentivize and research circular economic activity in the country. -
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Not just energy reform: The global food agenda advances at COP28
Phasing out planet-heating fossil fuels was again center stage at the United Nation’s annual climate conference. But there’s growing traction to put food system reform high on the climate agenda, and a new emphasis on nature-positive solutions to address the climate, food and biodiversity crises. -
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Initiative’s first nature-positive farms are a community effort in Kenya
Farmers in Nyando, Kenya are converting degraded, fragmented communal land into nature-positive farms, the first under the CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions. The effort will greatly diversify food production, livelihoods and the environmental health of a declining landscape formerly dedicated to livestock.
Featured News & Events
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NATURE+ circular bioeconomy activities reach more than 5,000 people
CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions16.04.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
By 2024, the NATURE+ Initiative’s circular bioeconomy activity reached dozens of communities in fi…
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The impact of nature-positive interventions for improved watershed management in the Western Ghats of India
CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions04.04.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative (NATURE+), in collaboration with partners Mahatma Phu…
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Nature-Positive Solutions: Transforming Agrifood Systems for Resilience and Sustainability
CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions05.03.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
A series of studies reveals the concerning extent of food insecurity, soil erosion and productivity…
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Featured Resources
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Nature-positive Solutions for Shifting Agrifood Systems to More Resilient and Sustainable Pathways - Proposal
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.11.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Data-driven breeding approaches for sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L) and common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) intercropping for yield enhancement in Kenya
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)24.02.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Women and African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs): Cultivation and the informal seed system in Vihiga County, Kenya
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)27.01.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Where We Work
- Burkina Faso
- Colombia
- India
- Kenya
- Vietnam
Partners
The Nature-Positive Initiative has a wide array of demand, innovation and scaling partners, including: in Kenya, Vihiga County Government, World Wildlife Foundation, the Inter-sectoral Forum on Agro-biodiversity and Agroecology (ISFAA), Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, and the Miti Alliance; in India, Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) Development Research Foundation; in Vietnam, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD); in Colombia, Cooperación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuario (AGROSAVIA) and Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD).