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FLEX shares critical knowledge on climate resilience from conflict-affected settings and offers a space for learning, collaboration and collective action for the benefit of fragile communities. Author: Isis Palay In the world’s most fragile settings, climate extremes, conflict, displacement and weak governance are colliding to create compound crises. These crises are eroding livelihoods, intensifying food and water insecurity and straining

By Abdul Haque, Sharif Ahmed, and Humnath Bhandari Photo 1: A youth local service provider (LSP) sows direct-seeded rice (DSR) using a two-wheel power tiller-operated seeder in Nilphamari, Bangladesh. Photo credit: Asad, IRRI Bangladesh’s economy heavily relies on agriculture, with a significant portion of the population directly and indirectly dependent on it for their livelihoods. Agriculture contributes approximately 11%

Participants Engaged in Hands-On Learning of Grafting Techniques/Photo- International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) On August 5, 2025, the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Program and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), in partnership with the Quezon City Local Government Unit and the Institute of Plant Breeding of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, conducted a Perennial

In the uplands of Vietnam, fields of cassava stretch toward the horizon. They are part of a farming tradition that feeds millions and powers one of the country’s most important export industries. Yet, these landscapes are also on the frontline of environmental change. Rain falls harder and less predictably. Soils lose their richness. Biodiversity thins. Farmers work the same

The first AGX Unconference, a dynamic, participant-driven event, convened in Nairobi during 23-24 July 2025. Hosted at ILRI Nairobi, the gathering brought together a diverse group of stakeholders – from small-scale farmers to fintech developers, researchers, cooperative leaders, and policymakers – all driven by one shared goal: making agriculture more efficient through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

A youth-led tech initiative designed to help coffee farmers meet complex European regulations has won the AGX Inspire Challenge just before a critical trade deadline. The AGX Inspire Challenge provides seed funding and technical support from CGIAR for the team to develop a proof of concept that addresses real-world challenges in agriculture. ASEL Agri’s “Youth Trace Force,” a project designed

On June 23 and 25, 2025, two workshops were held in Guatemala, focused on the Exchange of Progress and Results of the initiative. Led by the CGIAR AgriLAC Resiliente Initiative and financially supported by the Norwegian government through NORAD, this key event brought together over 70 people and more than 15 institutions and organizations. The goal was to review the

A look at 26 climate decision-making platforms in Latin America, and what they teach us about governance, sustainability, and local climate action. Peer-Reviewed Publication – Diana Giraldo et al. – Published in Climate Risk Management (2025). Conducted with the support of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT