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.
Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation depends not only on better technologies, but on better systems: systems that work for women, youth, and smallholder farmers who form the backbone of the sector. In September 2025, a diverse coalition of stakeholders came together in Addis Ababa to confront a critical question: How do we move from promising gender-transformative pilots to sustainable, system-wide impact?
The Africa Agriculture Adaptation Atlas is not the solution to Africa’s climate challenges, but it is changing how solutions are identified, financed, and implemented. It shows what becomes possible when data is open, institutions are empowered, and science is made truly usable.
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.
In Elgeyo Marakwet, the ECREA project and county experts convened a co-production workshop to translate the OND forecast into practical advice, helping farmers manage post-harvest risks and strengthen resilience amid shifting weather patterns.
School meal programs in India reach millions of children daily and are widely recognized for their role in reducing hunger.
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.