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CGIAR at Tropentag 2026:
Towards multifunctional agro-ecosystems and climate-resilient futures

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About the event

Tropentag 2026 brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and development partners to explore how agriculture and natural resource management can contribute to more resilient and sustainable futures. Under the theme ‘Towards multi-functional agro-ecosystems: Promoting climate-resilient futures’, the conference will examine how agrifood systems can respond to climate change while supporting food and nutrition security, biodiversity, healthy ecosystems and sustainable livelihoods.
These priorities are central to CGIAR’s work and to the CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program (MFL). MFL places landscapes at the centre of agrifood-systems transformation, recognising that decisions about food production, water, biodiversity, restoration, governance, markets and investment are deeply connected. The Program works with communities, governments, researchers, civil society and private-sector partners to manage trade-offs, build synergies and develop solutions that deliver benefits for people and nature.
At Tropentag, CGIAR scientists and partners will contribute evidence, approaches and practical tools spanning multifunctional landscape planning, climate adaptation, restoration, livestock, gender equality, crop improvement, water management, food systems, digital innovation and sustainable finance.

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CGIAR participation at a glance
The preliminary programme includes 134 CGIAR-affiliated scientific contributions: 35 oral presentations and keynotes, 66 posters and 33 online presentations. CGIAR and its Centres are also leading, co-organising or contributing to several pre-conference workshops.

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CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes highlights

Wednesday, 16 September | 08:30–11:30 CEST | Hybrid | Room shown as V1.104

Towards Multifunctional Landscapes and Resilient Communities: The Process, Opportunities and Challenges

Led by CGIAR MFL, this workshop will bring together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and landscape partners to examine what enables or constrains multifunctional landscape approaches. Discussions will focus on the governance, finance, land tenure, monitoring, inclusion and partnerships required to move integrated landscape approaches from concept to implementation and scale.

Contributors: Dr Lulseged Tamene Desta, CGIAR MFL; Dr Cargele Masso, ILRI; James Reed, CIFOR-ICRAF; and Willem Ferwerda, Commonland and IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management.

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Multifunctional Landscapes for Climate-Resilient Futures: Connecting Food, Nature, Livelihoods and Governance at Scale

Keynote by Dr Lulseged Tamene Desta

Dr Lulseged Tamene Desta will present CGIAR MFL’s integrated model for enabling landscapes to deliver food, climate, biodiversity, restoration and livelihood benefits simultaneously. The keynote will introduce the Program’s work through living landscapes and five connected areas of research and action.

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Thursday, 17 September | 10:30–12:00 CEST | Lecture Hall 011 and streamed through Whova

Towards Multi-functional Agro-ecosystems Promoting Climate-Resilient Futures

Chaired by Dr Cargele Masso of ILRI, this CGIAR-centred oral session will connect landscape planning, biodiversity and ecosystem services, digital investment tools, markets for agroecological products and the evaluation of multifunctional landscape impacts.

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Thursday, 17 September | 17:15–18:30 CEST | Online, platform to be confirmed

Gender Equality and Inclusion in Food, Land and Water Systems by 2050: Projections and Solutions

Organised by the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator and co-organised by CGIAR MFL, this session will use foresight and evidence reviews to consider how rights, resilience, digital inclusion and opportunities for young women can support more equitable food, land and water systems by 2050.

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Other CGIAR and Centre workshops

Tuesday, 15 September | 14:00–17:00 CEST | In person | VG 1.104

Systems Literacy for Transformative Outcomes at Scale

Katharina Schiller of CIMMYT and Arwen Bailey and Hanna Ewell of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT will lead an interactive workshop on using systems thinking to improve agricultural research, programme design and scaling.

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Tuesday, 15 September | 14:00–17:00 CEST | In person | VG 2.103

Co-creating Gender-Transformative (Agro)biodiversity Research: Methods, Intersectionality and Field Insights

Mateo Pazos and Fanny Howland of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT will draw on Latin American case studies to explore qualitative and intersectional approaches to gender-transformative agrobiodiversity research.

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Tuesday, 15 September | 14:00–17:00 CEST | Hybrid | VG 3.103

Smallholder Dairy Farmers, Pasture Biodiversity and Productivity

With contributions from ILRI scientists, this workshop will share findings from the HABITAT project on how farmer-led, biodiverse pasture management can support dairy productivity, climate resilience, biodiversity and mitigation in the Kenyan highlands.

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Tuesday, 15 September | 14:00–17:00 CEST | Hybrid | VG 1.102

From Field Data to Programme Decisions: Participatory Agrobiodiversity Assessment for Scalable Interventions in Sahelian Farming Systems

This externally led workshop will demonstrate how gender-sensitive data on crop varieties and livestock breeds can inform programme design and investment. The DATAR platform featured in the workshop was developed with support from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.

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Wednesday, 16 September | 08:30–11:30 CEST | In person | VG 1.106

Designing Gender-Responsive Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Climate-Resilient Agrifood Systems

Ranjitha Puskur and Prama Mukhopadhyay of IRRI will guide participants in combining technical, social, institutional, financial and gender-transformative innovations into context-specific solutions.

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Wednesday, 16 September | 08:30–11:30 CEST | In person | VG 2.106

Enhancing Resilience of Multi-Functional Maize Smallholder Systems in the Tropics

This workshop will examine how combined drought, nutrient, pest and disease pressures affect maize. Dr Yoseph Beyene of CIMMYT Kenya will speak about breeding progress and the deployment of stress-tolerant varieties in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Wednesday, 16 September | 09:00–11:30 CEST | VG 1.105 | Format to be confirmed

Participatory Research through a Decolonial Lens: Process, Power and Positionality

With Lilian Beck of the University of Hohenheim and CIFOR-ICRAF, this workshop will examine power, positionality and institutional structures in participatory research and consider how research can move beyond token participation.

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Wednesday, 16 September | 08:30–11:30 CEST | Hybrid | VG 3.103 | Participation to be confirmed

Participatory Action Research in Pastoral Systems: Tools for Empowerment, Innovation and Resilience

The programme lists Fiona Flintan, Birgit Habermann, Bernard Bett and Roopa Gogineni of ILRI for a workshop on participatory rangeland mapping, photovoice, participatory epidemiology and positive-deviance approaches in pastoral systems. Its detailed entry is currently hidden on the workshop page, so its status should be confirmed before publication.

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Complete CGIAR scientific programme

The programme below includes every oral presentation, poster and online contribution for which at least one author is affiliated with CGIAR or a CGIAR Centre. MFL-linked contributions are marked MFL priority. Times are in CEST.

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Wednesday, 16 September

13:00 - 16:20

Oral session: Keynotes day 1

The opening keynote programme connects the conference theme to the evidence and approaches needed to build climate-resilient, multifunctional agro-ecosystems.

14:05 - 14:40

Multifunctional landscapes for climate-resilient futures: Connecting food, nature, livelihoods and governance at scale MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Adapting agriculture to a changing climate

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on adapting agriculture to a changing climate.

Birds over benches, middle over rich: Rethinking who pays for climate-resilient blue-green infrastructure and why
CIMMYT, IRRI. Presenter: Ashiq Parambil-Peedika.

Can experiential learning enhance perceived behavioural control for climate adaptation? Experimental evidence from rural Namibia
IFPRI. Presenter: Thomas Falk.

Community capitals as enabling conditions for climate adaptation of rural livelihoods in northern of Guatemala
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Dilia Diaz.

Embedding climate services in coffee smallholder realities: A broadened conceptual framework for effective interventions
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Christian Bunn.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Agroecology, conservation, and restoration in farming landscapes

This session examines how agroecology, restoration, institutions and local action can support productive and resilient landscapes.

Institutional change grounded in socio-bioeconomies for leaving no one and no forest behind in Amazônia?
CIFOR-ICRAF.

The socioeconomic performance of agroecology case of DR Congo, Burundi, and Cameroon in Central Africa
IITA. Presenter: Isaac Balume.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee and cocoa)

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee and cocoa).

Assessing zero deforestation agreements outcomes in Colombia’s beef and dairy and cocoa supply chains
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Byron Reyes.

Economic, environmental, and social impacts of silvopastoral systems: Evidence and scaling pathways from Colombia
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

The cocoasoils core trials: Setup and early growth in 10 large-scale on-station cocoa nutrient response trials
IITA. Presenter: Rachael Wood.

The impact of on-farm fuelwood production on collection time in agroforestry systems: panel evidence from Rwanda
CIFOR-ICRAF. Presenter: Hilda Kegode.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Agronomy and soil fertility

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on agronomy and soil fertility.

Integrating tropical soil-calibrated pedotransfer functions with Sentinel-1 backscatter for soil moisture retrieval in soybean and maize systems in Zambia
IITA. Presenter: Emmanuel Ngonga.

Potential of perennial legumes for restoration and reutilisation of small-scale gold mined sites in Ghana
IITA. Presenter: Enoch Opoku.

Soil health responses to tillage, residues, and manure in potato rotation systems in Peru
CIP. Presenter: Kening Liu.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Food and nutrition security

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on food and nutrition security.

Does nutrition information increase consumer acceptance of black rice? Evidence from a cluster randomised controlled trial

AfricaRice. Presenter: Jane Rosette Nabikyu.

Understanding smallholder readiness for nutritious food systems in Kenya: A domain-sensitive assessment
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Céline Termote.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Gender and youth

This session examines how gender, youth, labour and access to technology shape agrifood-system participation and outcomes.

The gendered game: Effects of experiential learning on decision-making and water saving in India
IFPRI. Presenter: Hagar ElDidi.

Women's participation in the forage seed market in Vietnam: Progress and barriers
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Mateo Pazos.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Institutions, finance, and productivity in agricultural value chains

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on institutions, finance, and productivity in agricultural value chains.

Group-based aquaculture systems in Ghana: A collective action assessment
IWMI. Presenter: Sarah Appiah.

16:45 - 17:30

Poster session: Large ruminant systems and dairy

This session explores livestock productivity, pastoral governance, gender, markets and resilience in cattle and dairy systems.

Crop–livestock integration and smallholder livelihood resilience in South Asia
ILRI. Presenter: Braja Swain.

Gender, labour, and sustainable technologies in Amazonian dairy systems: Evidence from Colombia
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Mateo Pazos.

Governing the new pastoral commons: Property rights and institutional dynamics in Kenya’s transforming rangelands
ILRI. Presenter: Sarah Robi Wambura.

16:45 - 17:30

Online session: Abiotic stress and innovation in smallholder cropping systems

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on abiotic stress and innovation in smallholder cropping systems.

Grain yield and quality trait responses of Bambara groundnut ( Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc) to drought stress
IITA. Presenter: Victor Adelodun Diekade.

Radiation-use efficiency, cumulative light interception, and crop senescence dynamics as physiological traits for wheat resilience under heat and drought stress
CIMMYT. Presenter: Bindusree Karnati.

16:45 - 17:30

Online session: Food and nutrition security

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on food and nutrition security.

Layered food security: the public distribution system and indigenous food system practices in nagaland, India
IFPRI. Presenter: Ruchira Boss.

16:45 - 17:30

Online session: Remote sensing applications

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on remote sensing applications.

Do water bunds work? Remote sensing-based impact evaluation and pastoral community voices on soil and water conservation in Kenya
IWMI. Presenter: Marie-Charlotte Buisson.

Leveraging deep learning with very high resolution satellite imagery to map Faidherbia albida (DEL.) trees, and support agroforestry decision-making in northern Cameroon
CIFOR-ICRAF. Presenter: Faustin Ambomo Tsanga.

16:45 - 17:30

Online session: Risks and impacts of climate change

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on risks and impacts of climate change.

Climate variability and cocoa vulnerability in West Africa: Projection and reality
IITA. Presenter: Akua Foriwaa Kwarteng.

17:45 - 18:30

Poster session: Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa) II

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa) ii.

A global coffee drought index monitor
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Christian Bunn.

Baseline complexity shapes multifunctional trade-offs in Latin American tropical crops MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Mario Contreras-Fleury.

17:45 - 18:30

Poster session: Agronomy and soil fertility II

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on agronomy and soil fertility ii.

Biochar and covering as optimisation strategies for cattle manure composting: Trade-offs in gaseous emissions and safety
ILRI. Presenter: Winnie Ntinyari.

Evaluating manure management interventions for fertiliser quality and zoonotic pathogens in pig manure, Uganda

ILRI. Presenter: Sonja Leitner.

17:45 - 18:30

Poster session: Food and nutrition security II

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on food and nutrition security ii.

Resilience capacity and food security in post-conflict northern Ethiopia: Baseline evidence from Tigray and Afar
CIFOR-ICRAF. Presenter: Tesfaye Berhanu Woldeyohanes.

Women’s time allocation and dietary outcomes: Evidence from smallholder livestock production systems in rural Kenya
ILRI. Presenter: Rehanna Mayat.

17:45 - 18:30

Poster session: Gender and youth II

This session shares research on inclusive innovation, women’s agency, youth enterprise and gender-responsive climate action.

Beyond inclusion: Gender-responsive nature-based solutions for climate-resilient agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Jesugnon Esther aldegonde kpodo.

Bridging supply- and demand-side stated preferences for designing sustainable youth-led aquaculture business models: Evidence from northern Ghana
IWMI. Presenter: Sarah Appiah.

Co-design of touristic route in Colombian indigenous territory: GTA for landscape conservation and women transformation
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Fanny Howland.

Pricing inclusive digital extension services: Gender, delivery design, and farmers’ willingness to pay in Zambia
CIMMYT. Presenter: Monica Fisher.

17:45 - 18:30

Poster session: Innovation and resilience in smallholder cropping systems

This session presents innovations and enabling conditions that can strengthen smallholder productivity and resilience.

Beyond awareness: Structural barriers to regenerative agriculture adoption among smallholder bean farmers in Embu county, Kenya
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Francis Oduor.

Integrating solar-based irrigation and vermicompost using living-lab approach: Effects on yield, soil, and livelihoods, Ethiopia
IWMI. Presenter: Desalegn Tegegne.

17:45 - 18:30

Poster session: Remote sensing applications

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on remote sensing applications.

Mapping mobility barriers in pastoral rangelands: Assessing the impact of Prosopis juliflora invasion on access to grazing and water resources
ILRI. Presenter: Ambica Paliwal.

17:45 - 18:30

Online session: Biodiversity conservation and agroecology

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on biodiversity conservation and agroecology.

Mapping waste flows and leakage pathways in the Lake Victoria basin
IWMI. Presenter: Tosin Somorin.

17:45 - 18:30

Online session: Climate change mitigation

This session presents evidence on reducing agricultural emissions, improving manure management and strengthening the integrity of mitigation approaches.

Cattle, energy, and emissions: Dynamics of sustainability in Latin America
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

Enhancing rice farmers adaptation to climate change through combined use of drought-tolerant rice varieties and water-saving technologies in Mali
AfricaRice. Presenter: Abimibola Y. Marius Akpoffo.

Four decades of nature-based solutions at landscape levels in semi-arid region of northern Ethiopia: Practices and impacts MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Kifle Woldearegay.

17:45 - 18:30

Online session: Food systems and food quality

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on food systems and food quality.

Energy-efficient drying of African walnut ( Tetracarpidium conophorum ): Implications for the water–energy–food nexus and climate-resilient agro-processing
IITA. Presenter: Ayooluwa Samuel Ayoola.

17:45 - 18:30

Online session: Livestock systems

This online session examines pathways for productive, low-emission, inclusive and climate-resilient livestock systems.

Carbon finance potential for climate-smart pastoral livestock systems in Mongolia
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

Economic growth and emissions in cattle systems: Evidence from developing regions
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

From trade-offs to synergies: Sustainable intensification pathways in the global cattle sector
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

Gender transformative approaches in pastoral systems in Africa: Lessons and reflections for equitable resilience
ILRI. Presenter: Tanaya DuttaGupta.

Intensive silvopastoral systems as a pathway to sustainable cattle transformation in the Peruvian Amazon
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

Scaling sustainable livestock: Adoption and impacts of Urochloa hybrids in Latin America (2001--2024)
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

Thursday, 17 September

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa) III

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa) iii.

Determinants of cacao agroforestry practices adoption in Colombia and implications for technical assistance programs
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Byron Reyes.

The cocoasoils core trials: Early yields and pod counts
IITA. Presenter: Rachael Wood.

Yield and yield response monitoring in on-farm trials: Implications for cocoa yield improvement
IITA. Presenter: Ekatherina Vasquez-Zambrano.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Biodiversity conservation and restoration II

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on biodiversity conservation and restoration ii.

Peri-urban cropland sustains avian biodiversity in tropical cities: evidence from urban India
CIMMYT. Presenter: Ashiq Parambil-Peedika.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Camelids and small ruminants

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on camelids and small ruminants.

From trap to transition? The food-feed biomass battle under climate variability in Ethiopian enset-sheep farming systems
ICARDA. Presenter: Muluken Ekule.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Crop responses to abiotic stress in field and controlled environments

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on crop responses to abiotic stress in field and controlled environments.

Leaf position dependent hyperspectral responses to drought in wheat
CIMMYT. Presenter: Prem Sagar Mathangi.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Digitalisation and AI

This session considers how digital tools, artificial intelligence and data systems can improve agricultural research and advisory services.

Enabling data-driven agricultural transformation: GARDIAN and FAIRagro
IITA. Presenter: Anne Sennhenn.

Exploration of use cases for an ai-based coffee yield estimation tool
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Christian Bunn.

From agents to algorithms: A four-pillar assessment of the journey to AI-based advisory for climate-resilient smallholder agriculture
CIMMYT.

Integrated digital extension and capacity building strategy to improve manure management among smallholder farmers in Kenya and Uganda
ILRI. Presenter: Ibrahim Wanyama.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Livestock forages, feeds and feeding

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on livestock forages, feeds and feeding.

Black-soldier-fly larvae in Kenya: Evaluating waste-based production systems for safe and climate-resilient protein value chains
ILRI. Presenter: Winnie Nyakerario Akara.

Forage innovations for resilient livestock systems in northwest Vietnam
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, ILRI. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

From feed deficits to opportunities: The role of forage seed systems in transforming livestock systems
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Rethinking agricultural extension through knowledge co-creation

This session explores more participatory, locally grounded and demand-responsive approaches to agricultural extension.

Trader–farmer business relationships and their implications for varietal turnover, productivity, and grain commercialisation in Tanzania
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, CIMMYT. Presenter: Justus Ochieng.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Risks and impacts of climate change

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on risks and impacts of climate change.

Drivers of cocoa yield variability in on-farm trials across major cocoa-producing countries in West Africa
IITA. Presenter: Ekatherina Vasquez-Zambrano.

8:30 - 9:15

Poster session: Value chain development for neglected and underutilised crops

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on value chain development for neglected and underutilised crops.

Agrivoltaics an incentive mechanism for the wefe nexus: A perspective from Colombia’s just energy transition MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Manuel Moreno.

Community seed banks and the emergence of multifunctional agroecosystems in climate-vulnerable smallholder systems: Evidence of sustainability trade-offs in Kenya
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Céline Termote.

Mobilising agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from participatory crop selection MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Chiara Ferraboschi.

8:30 - 9:15

Online session: Crop / tree genetics and neglected crops

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on crop / tree genetics and neglected crops.

Multi-environment QTL mapping reveals the genetic architecture of drought tolerance in elite African sorghum lines
CIMMYT. Presenter: Joseph Pascal Sène.

8:30 - 9:15

Online session: Gender, youth and agricultural extension

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on gender, youth and agricultural extension.

Multi-country evidence on gender gaps in sustainable rice cultivation performance indicators in sub-Saharan Africa
AfricaRice, IRRI. Presenter: Moukaïla Bagri Bouraïma.

8:30 - 9:15

Online session: Technology, data & knowledge systems

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on technology, data & knowledge systems.

Riceadvice Lite: A digital advisory tool for improving irrigated rice yield and profitability across West Africa
AfricaRice. Presenter: Ali Ibrahim.

10:30 - 12:00

Oral session: Innovation and resilience in smallholder cropping systems

This session presents innovations and enabling conditions that can strengthen smallholder productivity and resilience.

10:45 - 11:00 | Technical efficiency and profitability of rice ratooning in Africa: Evidence from seven countries
AfricaRice, IRRI. Presenter: Augustine Oloo.
11:30 - 11:45 | Reduced tillage, not residue retention, drives soil fauna recovery: A global meta-analysis
CIMMYT. Presenter: Ashiq Parambil-Peedika.

10:30 - 12:00

Oral session: Risks and impacts of climate change

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on risks and impacts of climate change.

10:30 - 10:45 | Climate change and tropical crops: Disruption in the geography of coffee and cocoa
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Fabio Castro.

10:30 - 12:00

Oral session: Towards multi-functional agro-eco-systems promoting climate-resilient futures

This CGIAR-centred session brings together practical approaches to landscape planning, biodiversity, investment, markets and impact assessment.

10:30 - 10:45 | Facilitating multi-actor planning towards aspirational multifunctionality of landscapes MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, IFPRI. Presenter: Thomas Falk.

10:45 - 11:00 | Multifunctional landscapes drive biodiversity and ecosystem services in small-holder farms MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, IWMI. Presenter: Smitha Krishnan.

11:00 - 11:15 | Digital tool for landscape investment planning: Identifying context specific agronomic, land and water management practices MFL priority
IWMI. Presenter: Sudharsan Malaiappan.

11:15 - 11:30 | Exploring consumer behaviour, attitudes, and willingness to pay for agroecological products in Tunisian urban areas MFL priority
ICARDA. Presenter: Hassen Ouerghemmi.

11:30 - 11:45 | How are multifunctional landscape impacts evaluated? A systematic review of approaches, indicators, and evaluation gaps MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Guillermo Orjuela.

13:30 - 15:00

Oral session: Adapting agriculture to a changing climate

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on adapting agriculture to a changing climate.

13:45 - 14:00 | APSIM-based optimisation of maize-soybean intercropping in Malawi: Calibration, simulation, and sensitivity analysis
CIMMYT, IITA. Presenter: Pacsu Simwaka.

14:00 - 14:15 | A context-sensitive adaptive framework for managing sowing delays in rice–wheat systems
CIMMYT, IRRI. Presenter: Amit Kumar Srivastava.

13:30 - 15:00

Oral session: Crop health under climate variability: pests, pathogens, and agroecological solutions

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on crop health under climate variability: pests, pathogens, and agroecological solutions.

13:30 - 13:45 | Nematode management in the face of climate change: From chemical control to climate-smart soil systems
IITA. Presenter: Janet Atandi.

14:00 - 14:15 | Optimising field screening for cassava brown streak disease resistance: Enhancing efficiency and reducing costs
IITA. Presenter: Mouritala Sikirou.

13:30 - 15:00

Oral session: Food and nutrition security

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on food and nutrition security.

13:45 - 14:00 | Bridging policy design and implementation gaps in school feeding programmes: Experimental evidence from Benin
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Chiara Ferraboschi.

13:30 - 15:00

Oral session: Livestock forages, feeds and feeding

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on livestock forages, feeds and feeding.

13:45 - 14:00 | Seeds of hope during the 2020-23 drought: Collective fodder production saved livestock in Kajiado, Kenya
ILRI. Presenter: Gibson Simel Lemama.

14:00 - 14:15 | Economic-environmental evaluation of silvopastoral systems in Colombia
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Victoria Paula Foglino.

15:30 - 17:00

Oral session: Biodiversity conservation, restoration and value chain development for underutilised crops

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on biodiversity conservation, restoration and value chain development for underutilised crops.

16:00 - 16:15 | Whose restoration? Direct mobile-money payments, intra-household dynamics, and the limits of digital equity in farmer-led tree restoration in Kenya MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Francis Oduor.

16:15 - 16:30 | Understanding the farmers' stewardship of neglected and underutilised crops in Timor's drylands
CIFOR-ICRAF. Presenter: Khant Sandar Htet.

16:30 - 16:45 | Seeds of the future: Youth participation, community seed banks and agrobiodiversity in Cumbal, Colombia
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Mateo Pazos.

15:30 - 17:00

Oral session: Climate change mitigation

This session presents evidence on reducing agricultural emissions, improving manure management and strengthening the integrity of mitigation approaches.

16:00 - 16:15 | Land-use change emissions from cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire: Food systems' contributions to national GHG budgets and potential EUDR noncompliance MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT.

16:30 - 16:45 | Carbon markets and food system climate change mitigation: Evidence from the clean development mechanism MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: George Amenchwi Amahnui.

15:30 - 17:00

Oral session: Digitalisation and AI

This session considers how digital tools, artificial intelligence and data systems can improve agricultural research and advisory services.

15:30 - 15:45 | Scaling deep and out: Inclusive AI-driven and voice-based digital extension systems for smallholder farmers in East Africa
ILRI. Presenter: Ibrahim Wanyama.

15:45 - 16:00 | Digitalisation in livestock farming: Impacts, trends, and barriers to adoption
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

15:30 - 17:00

Oral session: Gender and youth

This session examines how gender, youth, labour and access to technology shape agrifood-system participation and outcomes.

15:30 - 15:45 | Labour displacement and mechanised direct seeded rice from an intersectional perspective: A case from Odisha, India
IFPRI. Presenter: Prapti Barooah.

15:45 - 16:00 | When technology restructures the fields: Rising wages, herbicide adoption, and the masculinisation of agricultural employment in India
CIMMYT. Presenter: Vijesh Krishna.

16:30 - 16:45 | Implementing gender transformative approaches (GTAs) in livestock systems: the case of eastern Africa
ILRI. Presenter: Esther Achandi.

15:30 - 17:00

Oral session: Inclusive food systems and livelihoods

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on inclusive food systems and livelihoods.

16:00 - 16:15 | The hidden costs of food systems in Colombia and Peru
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, IFPRI. Presenter: Carlo Azzarri.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Climate change mitigation

This session presents evidence on reducing agricultural emissions, improving manure management and strengthening the integrity of mitigation approaches.

Current knowledge and research gaps for manure management in sub-Saharan Africa
ILRI. Presenter: Sonja Leitner.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Crop / tree genetics and conservation

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on crop / tree genetics and conservation.

Extension-led early-generation testing for faster, demand-driven bean breeding in East Africa
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Julius Kwesiga.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Crop health under climate variability: pests, pathogens, and agroecological solutions

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on crop health under climate variability: pests, pathogens, and agroecological solutions.

Monitoring (functional) insect biodiversity in tropical agroecosystems: The potential for a DNA-based monitoring approach
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Marcel Polling.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Data-driven technologies and innovations for climate-resilient agro-ecosystems

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on data-driven technologies and innovations for climate-resilient agro-ecosystems.

Equitable agricultural mechanisation: A gender perspective of socio-economic benefits of grain shelling in Tanzania
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Justus Ochieng.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Food quality

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on food quality.

Relating phenotypic traits, aroma and untargeted metabolomes of boiled sweet potato from Uganda
CIP. Presenter: Ayetigbo Oluwatoyin.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Inclusive food systems and livelihoods

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on inclusive food systems and livelihoods.

Socioeconomic and medicinal dimensions of indigenous knowledge and livelihood resilience on selected native tree species in northern Ghana
IRRI. Presenter: Francis Azumah Chimsah.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Large ruminant systems and dairy II

This session focuses on the finance, services, markets, soil restoration and innovations needed to strengthen livestock systems.

A farm-level financial framework for sustainable cattle intensification: Evidence from Colombia’s Altillanura
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

From readiness to scale: Financing climate-resilient livestock systems in Africa
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Stefan Burkart.

Impact of village livestock promoter on buffalo milk productivity in Nepal: A cluster randomised controlled trial
ILRI. Presenter: Namdev Upadhyay.

Information access, seed market systems and forage adoption: Evidence from smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya
ILRI. Presenter: Francis Mucira Murage.

Interactive effects of soil restoration strategies on nutrient dynamics in the tropical savannah
ILRI. Presenter: Habtamu Sibilu.

Mapping the red meat market system to inform pastoral livestock breeding programmes in Kenya
ILRI. Presenter: Winfred Sila.

17:15 - 18:30

Poster session: Rethinking agricultural extension through knowledge co-creation II

This session examines living labs, citizen science and digital tools for co-creating and scaling agricultural knowledge.

Agricultural living labs: Bridging theory and practice through transformative learning
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Carla Baldivieso.

Citizen science and digital tools for seed system development and agrobiodiversity monitoring
CIP. Presenter: Marcel Gatto.

17:15 - 18:30

Online session: Gender equality and inclusion in food, land, and water systems by 2050: Projections and solutions

Organised by the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator and co-organised by CGIAR MFL, this session uses foresight and evidence to explore more equitable food, land and water systems by 2050.

Building equitable resilience capacities under polycrisis: Gendered pathways and solutions MFL priority
IRRI. Presenter: Ranjitha Puskur.

Envisioning a more equitable future for food, land, and water systems by 2050 MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, ILRI. Presenter: Els Lecoutere.

Equitable governance and resource rights: Pathways to inclusive and resilient agrifood system-based livelihoods MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, ICARDA, IFPRI, IWMI. Presenter: Marlene Elias.

Looking ahead – gender and inclusion in food, land and water systems in 2050 MFL priority
IFPRI. Presenter: Elizabeth Bryan.

Solutions for digital inclusion and digital innovations for inclusion by 2050 MFL priority
IFPRI, IRRI. Presenter: Niyati Singaraju.

Supporting young women to thrive and drive transformation in food, land and water systems MFL priority
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, CIMMYT, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, WorldFish. Presenter: Jessica Heckert.

17:15 - 18:30

Online session: Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa)

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa).

Agroforestry as a nature-based solution for water-scarce drylands: Ecological and economic outcomes from a Melia Dubia-based system in Karnataka, India
IRRI. Presenter: Saikumar Cheelurappa Bharamappanavara.

Irrigation, biochar, and fertiliser management shape cadmium accumulation in cacao beans: Long-term agroforestry field study
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Manuel G. Velasquez Ramirez.

17:15 - 18:30

Online session: Agronomy and soil fertility

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on agronomy and soil fertility.

Modelling the effects of water and nitrogen fertiliser management on irrigated rice production
IITA. Presenter: Alfassassi Arouna.

Soil fertility management practices and yield of nutrient dense crops in refugee settlements in Uganda
IITA. Presenter: Jacob Kaingo.

17:15 - 18:30

Online session: Camelids, small ruminants and poultry

This online session presents CGIAR and partner research on camelids, small ruminants and poultry.

Breeding schemes integrating health, nutrition and reproduction services boosts small ruminants’ productivity across African landscapes
ICARDA, ILRI. Presenter: Ons Tebourbi.

Impacts of community-based sheep breeding programme to household adaptive capacity towards climate change under extensive livestock production system of Ethiopia
ICARDA, ILRI. Presenter: Assemu Tesfa.

Nomadic and indoor concentrate-based production systems: Impacts on growth, reproduction and hemato-biochemistry of goat bucks
ICARDA. Presenter: Selamu Abraham.

Wednesday, 18 September

9:00 - 10:30

Oral session: Agroecology, conservation, and restoration in farming landscapes

This session examines how agroecology, restoration, institutions and local action can support productive and resilient landscapes.

9:15 - 9:30 | Importance of land tenure for agricultural development: A review
IFPRI. Presenter: Hagar ElDidi.

9:00 - 10:30

Oral session: Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee and cocoa)

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee and cocoa).

09:00 - 09:15 | The contribution of ecosystem restoration and agroforestry practices to biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia: A systematic literature review
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Ermias Teferi.

9:00 - 10:30

Oral session: Agronomy and soil fertility

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on agronomy and soil fertility.

9:30 - 9:45 | Beyond single indicators: Composite indexing of soil fertility managements for maize intensification in northern Ghana
IRRI. Presenter: Bright Salah Freduah.

9:00 - 10:30

Oral session: Crop / tree genetics and conservation

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on crop / tree genetics and conservation.

9:45 - 10:00 | Linking consumer preferences, processing performance and demand-driven cassava breeding for inclusive food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, IITA. Presenter: Michael Dolapo Adesokan.

10:00 - 10:15 | Breeding for portfolios: A risk-oriented perspective on yield stability and food security
Alliance Bioversity-CIAT. Presenter: Paul Deuker.

9:00 - 10:30

Oral session: Food quality

This session presents CGIAR and partner research on food quality.

9:45 - 10:00 | Understanding meat consumption patterns and use of naturally occurring food additives (NOFA) in urban Rwanda
ILRI. Presenter: Wigdan Omer.

9:00 - 10:30

Oral session: Rethinking agricultural extension through knowledge co-creation

This session explores more participatory, locally grounded and demand-responsive approaches to agricultural extension.

10:00 - 10:15 | Scaling regenerative agriculture through peer-led extension: Causal evidence from the village-based advisor model in Kenya
CIFOR-ICRAF. Presenter: Tesfaye Berhanu Woldeyohanes.

11:00 - 12:15

Oral session: Keynotes day 3

The closing keynote programme examines integrated pathways for more resilient, low-emission and inclusive agrifood systems.

11:00 - 11:40 | Transforming Asia’s rice systems: Integrated pathways to climate-resilient, low-emission, and inclusive futures
IRRI.

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