In Vietnam, like many countries around the world, modern food retail is expanding, food is becoming more processed and packaged, and unhealthy food marketing is pervasive across physical and digital spaces. These shifts deliver convenience and (in some cases) safer handling, but they also make less healthy options easier to find and harder to avoid. A new study by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, along with their colleagues, maps these changes and the policy responses and proposes a more robust framework for a faster response.

A vulture recently arrived at the Santos Municipal Orchid Garden and an owl living in captivity for ten years were colonized by antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli.

From 191 samples representing 45 origins, international flavour experts have selected the 2025

Best 50 cacaos and their producers. Part of the 2025 Cacao of Excellence Awards, the Best 50

highlights exceptional quality, diversity, and farmer dedication.

The rain delays, sorghum withers; when a storm finally breaks, complaints rise again. To break this cycle of uncertainty, scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, INERA, and the University of Ghana conducted the first large-scale survey on agricultural climate services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, and Senegal. Published in Frontiers in Climate, the study analyzes the expectations of 1,212 farmers and charts a credible path to turn weather reports into a profitable investment. 

According to the researchers, many studies indicate that, once in the bloodstream, microplastics can reach the bone marrow, potentially disturbing bone metabolism.