CropsThe second phase, backed by the Walmart Foundation, covers five districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka; in phase one, participating farmers' average net crop income rose from ₹1,57,046 to ₹2,37,184 over three years.
CropsAt the Bharat International Rice Conference, speakers said alternate wetting and drying can cut methane from paddy and that grouping many small farms into one carbon project could let smallholders earn from credits.
At a World Food Day seminar at BARC, speakers called for precision agriculture, drone and digital training for young farmers, and climate-smart farming built on gene editing and artificial intelligence.
EnvironmentThree publications on agricultural carbon markets, a safeguards framework, a farmer's guidebook and an Article 6.2 toolkit, were released at the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit in Srinagar, with India's agriculture ministry set to adopt the framework.
AgrotechSeven solar-powered pumps in Rampal and Sadar are run by committees of 40 women each; with water from sunlight, women entrepreneurs are farming more winter vegetables and rice.
At a Water and Soil Accelerator review in Salima, Malawi, CIMMYT and partners reported demonstrations, drought-tolerant varieties and climate-smart training in Zambia and gully restoration in Malawi, and asked why adoption is uneven.
AgribusinessBRAC Bank will finance climate-resilient farming, PCC&MEC will carry loans to farmers, and AgriPulse will provide technology for data management and monitoring under a new partnership.
AgrotechThe EFFECT project of IRRI and the Philippine DA-BAR uses climate, soil and terrain data to map crop suitability and profiles local innovations in Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Eastern Visayas.
Two hundred Cambodian farmers who moved from hand broadcasting to mechanised direct seeding harvested 0.9 tonnes more rice a hectare and earned over USD 200 more, while halving their seed rate.
A Ghanaian-British research team is using electrical resistivity tomography on maize plots at CSIR-CRI to see how crop residues and cover crops change the way water moves and is stored in the soil.
In Töv province, Otgo Dashdorj is one of more than 1,700 farmers supplying APU Dairy with help from an FAO-EBRD programme that brings digital advice, climate-smart feeding and investment plans to a sector battered by the dzud.
In Katete and Sinda districts, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Solidaridad Zambia trained 5 extension officers and 10 lead farmers, who will each reach about 35 farmers, as forecasters warn of another El Niño for 2026/27.
CropsIn July 2026, 20 farmers in Rajarhat, Kurigram, were growing safe vegetables on about five acres with mulching, trichocompost and pheromone traps instead of heavy chemical use.
