Diversification in East and Southern Africa
The CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa, also known as Ukama Ustawi, aims to address food and nutrition security risks in the region arising from an overreliance on maize through a climate-resilient, water-secure, and socially inclusive approach.
Ukama Ustawi is a bilingual word derived from Shona and Swahili. In Shona, Ukama refers to partnerships, and in Swahili, Ustawi means well-being and development. Collectively, they represent the initiative’s vision to achieve system-level development through innovative partnerships: Together, we grow and develop.
Featured News & Events
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news
Sow, grow, and thrive: a pathway to improve cassava farming in Zambia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)05.04.24-
Food security
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Social inclusion
For decades, women farmers like Maureen Bwalya from the Musa camp in Kasama district…
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Announcing the winners of a first round of funding to take agricultural innovations to scale in Africa
CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa28.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A ‘Scaling Fund’ was launched late last year by the CGIAR Regional Research Initiative on…
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Why ‘inclusivity’ and ‘sustainability’ must be baked into the science and practice of scaling for the transformation of food systems
CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa27.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For more than half a century, CGIAR and its many research partners in development have…
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Featured Resources
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publication
Agribusiness acceleration approaches for CSA innovation, resilience, gender and social inclusion- Side Event - Africa Food Systems Forum 2023
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)19.12.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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publication
Kenya nyota bean based nutrition recipes
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)17.11.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Where We Work
This Initiative will work in the countries below. Lessons with regional and global relevance will be shared.
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Rwanda
- Uganda
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe