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In the heartland of Basona Werana District in Ethiopia, a remarkable agricultural transformation is taking place, thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration between the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Ethiopia through the support of the Excellence in Agronomy (EIA) Initiative. This collaboration has led to the developing and implementing

Transforming Agriculture with Digital Solutions in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) : A Step Towards Sustainable Water Management Introduction The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces an ongoing water scarcity crisis, which poses significant challenges to the agricultural sector and food security. With a growing population and increasing demand for food, water resources are becoming increasingly scarce.

“We need to know which questions to ask” – was the request of Lulseged Desta, Principal Scientist with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lusleged and his team have developed fertilizer recommendations for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia (https://nextgenagroadvisory.com/fertilizer_advisories). The location-specific, tailored and season-smart agro-advisory decision support tool (DST) has been developed in collaboration with the

CGIAR INITIATIVES Plant Health Primary Impact Area Nutrition, health & food security Related Impact Areas

CGIAR INITIATIVES Mixed Farming Systems Primary Impact Area Nutrition, health & food security Related Impact Areas

CGIAR INITIATIVES Excellence in Agronomy Primary Impact Area Climate adaptation & mitigation Related Impact Areas

The CGIAR Initiatives on Excellence in Agronomy and Asian Mega-Deltas, in cooperation with the Department of Crop Production and Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute (CLRRI), conducted a field demonstration on mechanized direct-seeding in Can Tho City to promote new technology for increasing farming efficiency and reducing carbon footprint in rice production. More than 300 farmers from the Mekong River

The CGIAR Initiative on Mixed Farming Systems held an inception and planning meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR on March 20, 2023. The meeting brought together scientists from seven CGIAR centers and various stakeholders from Lao PDR, including policymakers, researchers from the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) and international organizations based in Laos. The goal of the meeting was