The purpose of the Millet Demo Farm is to promote the production and consumption of millets through technology transfer and capacity development. (Image source: ICBA)

Established in collaboration with the SELCO Foundation, the International Centre of Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) recently hosted a ceremony to launch a Millet Demo Farm, designed to showcase the whole value chain for millets and raise awareness about its benefits for climate change adaptation in agriculture

UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Mariam Almheiri and US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at the UAE Pavilion, COP28. (Image source: AIM for Climate)

The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) initiative recently announced more than doubling of investments, partners and Innovation Sprints in transformative climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation, at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)

The collaboration aligns with The Rockefeller Foundations US$1bn climate strategy. (Image source: The Rockefeller Foundation)

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have sealed their partnership through the inking of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims to catalyse regenerative agriculture practices, minimise climate change impacts, and promote sustainable food production in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states of Cambodia, Laos Peoples Democratic Republic, and Thailand

The coalition is expected to publish its initial results of the collaborative work in the summer of 2024. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on 1 December announced the launch of its new First Movers Coalition for Food initiative, aimed at accelerating sustainable farming and production methods and technologies by leveraging collective demand for low-carbon agricultural commodities