Oluchi Ezekannagha
Program Officer at the CGIAR System Management Office
Program Officer at the CGIAR System Management Office
Portfolio Planning and Adaptive Management Lead within the Office of the Chief Scientist
Ahead of IRYP 2026, young pastoralists from five countries adopted the Kobebe Declaration, urging for implementation of IGAD’s Transhumance Protocol to protect pastoralists cross-border mobility, communal land rights, and climate-resilient rangelands in the Karamoja Cluster.
In the Tropical Forages program at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, researchers Andres Ruiz and Juan Andres Cardoso are exploring new frontiers in plant phenotyping: using computer vision to analyze images from drones, satellites, and other remote sensing tools. Their goal is to better understand growth, traits, and environmental responses of forage crops by automating image analysis through machine learning.
The Sustainable Economic Observatory at Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT collaboratively developed an illustrative national food and land use pathway for Guatemala, incorporating actions that were prioritized with agriculture, health, environment and development ministries, NGOs, and farmer associations.
The interdependence of pollinators, trees, farms and people motivates Smitha Krishnan’s research. In this feature, she outlines the principles of multifunctional landscapes, and how the Alliance’s partnerships in India - especially cultivating fruit trees - can drive community change.
Uganda’s new Nyantonzi Community Seed Bank combines conservation with business, empowering farmers to safeguard traditional crops while processing them into profitable, nutritious products to build climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods.
School meal programs in India reach millions of children daily and are widely recognized for their role in reducing hunger.