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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

A recent systematic literature review explores different narratives on this ongoing debate. Rather than offering a single answer, the research invites us into a deeper, more informed, and evidence-based conversation. It’s a question that keeps surfacing in every conference hall, community assembly, and policy roundtable on the future of food: Can agroecology feed the world? Behind that question lies

In western Cameroon, the spirits of the ancestors are not the only guardians of sacred forests. Thanks to the MyFarmTrees platform, led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT with the support of the Darwin Initiative, these places of memory and biodiversity—once threatened by time and neglect—are being revived. More than 315 sacred forests have been inventoried, protected, and restored,

As conflict and climate shocks reshape food, land, and water, leaders from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT met at their annual Science Week to rethink how science can better serve fragile and crisis-affected regions. At Alliance Science Week 2025, the Climate Security team of the Climate Action Lever convened a high-level parallel session event to reexamine the organization’s

By Eisen Bernard Bernardo Drought and extreme heat are threatening the livelihoods of poor farmers around the world, who often rely on rain-fed agriculture. A potential solution is climate-resilient irrigation, a game-changing practice that helps farmers produce more crops with less water, even in the face of erratic rainfall. This sustainable approach can boost agricultural productivity, strengthen economies, and potentially