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The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Imagine two scenarios. In the first, an existing AI chatbot is integrated into a mobile agricultural extension app. Farmers ask questions and receive instant responses. In the second, something more ambitious occurs: a custom chatbot is built from the ground up using local soil data, climate patterns, and indigenous knowledge.

In Kisumu, stakeholders convened by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT explored how stronger coordination across finger millet and amaranth value chains can improve nutrition, resilience, and livelihoods in Kenya.

Can better data help pastoralists stay ahead of drought? In Ethiopia’s rangelands, a digital monitoring system is helping communities, researchers, and local authorities track water and pasture conditions before crisis strikes.

Agrobiodiversity - the variety of animals, plants, and microbes used for food and agriculture (FAO definition, 1999) is essential for food production, food security, and resilient food systems. Yet, it is difficult to capture: not only because it is dynamic and context-specific, but because data alone cannot tell the whole story.

Colombia’s Orinoquía region, one of the country’s areas with the greatest productive potential, is proving that it is possible to produce more beef with a lower environmental impact. In the department of Vichada, Hacienda San José, with the support of the Tropical Forages Program of the Alianza Bioversity y CIAT, transformed a traditional cattle production system into a sustainable model that now increases productivity, reduces emissions, and strengthens resilience to climate change.

School meals can deliver benefits for health, livelihoods, and the environment. This can be accomplished by procurement decisions that diversify the ingredients, source from nearby, and engage communities and coalitions.