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31.07.25
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On July 2, 2025, in Kumasi, Ghana, researchers, farmers, and partners met to refine a digital cropping calendar that delivers timely, tailored advice, helping smallholders adapt to climate change and transform farming decisions.
In an era where weather patterns are no longer predictable and agricultural risks multiply with each season, Ghana is taking a bold leap forward, placing timely, farmer-informed decisions at the heart of food systems transformation.
At the heart of this leap lies the Cropping Calendar and Agro-Advisory System: a game-changing innovation developed through collaboration between CSIR-INSTI, CSIR-CRI, and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, under CGIAR’s Excellence in Agronomy Initiative, now part of the Sustainable Farming Science Program. The calendar doesn’t just tell farmers what to do: it listens, it learns, and it evolves with them.
On July 2, 2025, at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute in Kumasi, agricultural researchers, digital innovators, extension agents, and development partners gathered for a workshop with one shared purpose: to validate and fine-tune a tool that has the potential to redefine how farming advice reaches the field.
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