In the Global North, digital agriculture emerged in the form of precision systems built around tangible technologies such as sensors and connected machinery operating alongside farm management software and other digital tools.
Every year, billions are invested in helping communities adapt to climate change. But how do we know whether those investments actually make people and communities—particularly the most vulnerable—resilient to worsening climate risks?
Every year, billions are invested in helping communities adapt to climate change. But how do we know whether those investments actually make people and communities—particularly the most vulnerable—resilient to worsening climate risks?
In February 2026, an AI-powered early-warning system at Dunga Beach on Kenya’s Lake Victoria detected dangerously low dissolved oxygen levels and sent alerts to more than 300 fish farmers.
Adaptation Insights innovates and refines data, methods and user experience to strengthen how adaptation is tracked and evaluated. In September 2026, the project supported an IPCC authors workshop and stakeholder consultation in Nairobi, connecting this work with IPCC-selected authors developing new global technical guidance on adaptation.
On August 25 2026, the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Program convened the Feeding Growing Cities: Reducing Food Loss and Waste through Innovation, Partnerships and Governance webinar, bringing together researchers, city leaders, practitioners and food systems stakeholders to examine what it will take to reduce food loss and waste at scale.
More than six months after the start of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, fertilizer shipments out of the Persian Gulf region—both a key global transit point and producer of fertilizers and related products—remain largely halted.
The Frontlines Learning Exchange 2026 webinar series creates learning spaces to tackle complex agricultural challenges in a changing world.