As the climate crisis intensifies, the communities least responsible for global emissions are often the ones facing the most severe consequences. In the drylands of Baringo County, Kenya, the Ogiek and Endorois peoples are witnessing firsthand how altered precipitation and prolonged droughts threaten their traditional livelihoods.
Insights from a Special Session at the 6th International Agronomy Congress during 24–26 November 2025 in New Delhi, India. The country, India has successfully moved to the status of a surplus food-producing nation, ensuring overall food availability and stability. However, agriculture now faces multiple and interconnected challenges, including climate change, water scarcity, soil degradation, pest pressure, and low farm incomes. To discuss integrated pathways, a Special Session on “Multifunctional Landscapes” was organized during the 6th International Agronomy Congress, focusing on how agriculture can simultaneously support food production, climate resilience, water security, biodiversity, and livelihoods.
ICARDA conducted field visits to Qena and Minya, to follow up on the installation of small post-harvest processing units, paying particular attention to the newly installed small post-harvest machinery.
In Ethiopia, wheat farmers are boosting yields by up to 38% after researchers and partners validated machine-learning-based fertilizer recommendations across multiple regions, replacing blanket advice with site- and season-specific guidance that improves incomes and resilience.
When communities capture their daily lives through a camera lens, new stories emerge: stories of resilience, challenges, hopes and everyday realities often difficult to be represented. This is the power of Photo Voice, a participatory visual methodology that invites people to photograph their world and share what those images mean to them.
Following years of building regional evidence toward sustainable food systems transformation in select Southeast Asian countries, the Alliance has since scaled its efforts by leading collaborative work with national partners to achieve the shared vision for inclusive and nutrition-secure agri-food systems in the ASEAN region.
IITA–CGIAR commissioned newly installed advanced irrigation systems and state-of-the-art mechanized farm equipment at the Research Farm Unit on 4 December. The commissioning, with members of the IITA Board of Trustees present, reaffirmed IITA’s commitment to scaling climate-smart research through modern mechanization for the continent.
Smallholder farmers in Lubero territory, North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are witnessing significant improvements in their harvests and agricultural practices thanks to the IITA–CGIAR, the African Agricultural Leadership Institute (AALI), and the Virunga Foundation pilot project for the Intensification of agricultural production.