On 18 December 2025, an inter-provincial workshop in Prey Veng, Cambodia brought together 83 stakeholders from government, research, communities, and development partners to share lessons from district-led food systems governance.
Across Nepal’s diverse landscapes, farmers and partners are testing maize innovations that improve yields, resilience, and livelihoods, but the biggest challenge is moving from local wins to sustainable scale. Scaling for Impact (S4I) program is helping to build structured pathways that connect proven research with markets, investment, and policy.
Much of South Asia’s prosperity, both literally and figuratively, rests upon vast reserves of groundwater. Some of the highest-yielding aquifers in the world supply water for irrigated agriculture (where 90 percent of withdrawals are directed), industry, and daily domestic needs. However, it all depends on a delicate balance; for sustainability, groundwater outflows, including long-term extractions, must not exceed natural recharge. Across
Education, Seeds, and Women’s Leadership in Action.
By Ravi Nandi, Innovation Systems Scientist and project lead at CIMMYT, Bangladesh; Nora Hanke-Louw, DCR and Project Coordinator at IWMI, South Africa; Nedumaran Swamikannu, Principal Scientist in Agricultural Economics at ICRISAT, Hyderabad; Apurba Kumar Chowdhury, Professor and Dean at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India; Pashupati Pokhrel, Senior Agriculture Development Officer and Division Chief at the Planning and Monitoring
International Water Management Institute