The Alliance in the News: 2024
The Alliance’s work is featured every year in the news, through science columns, development sites, opinions by our leadership, trade journals, and more. In 2024, we recorded 4,480 media mentions, compared to 2,560 in 2023. This translated into a potential reach of 6.91B readers, with recurring associations to keywords farmers, climate change, crops, research, drought, and food systems.
Media Mentions
Potential Reach (readers)
Click on the titles below to explore examples from each region where we work.
Africa
The Standard (Kenya): Agriculture and Conservation must Coexist: In this opinion piece, Carlo Fadda advocates for integrated agricultural practices that support biodiversity and food security.
Farmers Review Africa (South Africa): 'BRAINS': integrating bean, fruit trees and beneficial insects farming and business enterprises in Africa: Highlights an innovative agroecological model combining crops, trees, and insects to boost resilience and farmer income.
The Star (Kenya): Experts: Plant native trees, they're adaptive to climatic conditions: Emphasizes the importance of native species in reforestation and climate adaptation.
Business and Financial Times (Ghana): World Bank gives US$40m for climate-smart agriculture: Reports on major support for climate-smart agriculture initiatives across Africa in alignment with our regional priorities.
The Standard (Kenya): Sustainable agriculture using Black Soldier Fly Training: Showcases circular economy training programs in insect farming as sustainable alternatives for feed and waste management.
Accord (South Africa): The impacts of climate change on social cohesion and stability in Southern Africa: Examines the societal implications of climate change in the region, reinforcing the urgency of resilient food systems.
Asia
The Inquirer: Beyond incomes: Quality seeds boost women’s role in forest restoration: This story explores how falcata tree seeds are making a difference for women in the Philippines.
Vietnam Agriculture (Báo Nông nghiệp): Launching handbook for building the food system development project: A collaboration between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Alliance is featured, aligned with efforts to reach Zero Hunger.
Global
Devex: Periodic Table of Food fills ‘black box’ of data on food composition: Developed with partners including the Rockefeller Foundation and the American Heart Association, the Periodic Table of Food unlocks vital data on global food composition.
New York Times: Stalking the Wild Banana: The quest for diverse banana varieties, citing Gabriel Sachter-Smith, collaborator with the Alliance on collection and conservation.
Latin America and the Caribbean
El Tiempo: La COP16: ¿la agricultura contribuye a la biodiversidad? An op-ed by Juan Lucas Restrepo discussing agriculture's potential to restore biodiversity.
Semana: Colombia custodia la colección de yuca más grande del mundo: Highlights Colombia’s stewardship of the world’s largest cassava gene bank, and its implications for global food
El Espectador: “Cada vez consumimos menos biodiversidad en nuestros platos” Ahead of COP16, an interview on modern diets’ threat to agrobiodiversity and the need for food systems transformation.
El Pais: La ganadería respetuosa con el medio ambiente (y lucrativa) sí existe” Cites Alliance research in discussing sustainable livestock models that balance poductivity with environmental preservation.
Climate Tracker Latam: Prediciendo climas del futuro: Analyzes how climate modeling is shaping the future of sustainable agriculture, with insights from women farmers and young Alliance researchers.
El Tiempo: Tres métodos de agricultura regenerativa en Boyacá: Showcases field-tested regenerative agriculture techniques that enhance soil health and sustainability.