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🌍 Today is Earth Day.

At CGIAR we believe that caring for the Earth starts with how we produce our food.

🌱 What we grow and how we grow it shapes our planet, our health and our future.

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This week, join us and @IFPRI for "AI for Food Systems Research" webinar series' next session, entitled "Farmer-Centric AI for Livestock Systems: Design, Explainability, and Responsible Innovation"
📆 March 26, 2026
🕔 2:30–3:30pm CET
🔗 Registert: https://t.co/UJSlkvFdaD

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What do an Ag-specific LLM for farmers & an AI platform for @CGIAR Genebanks have in common? 🔍

They're both products of #CGIARAIHub & transform 50 years of science into practical AI tools!

��� Explore the tools in the Hub's pipeline & learn more at: https://t.co/teu6FhS6rV

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Catch our next session in the AI for Food Systems Research webinar series, co-organized with @IFPRI and @CGIARPolicy.

"Large Language Models for Policy Makers: Exploring RIAPA-AI and PEPA-AI"
🗓️ Thursday, March 12, 2026
🕒 2:00–3:00pm CET
🔗 Register: https://t.co/SeRzjE3rQs

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The IWD2026—an initiative by IRRI & IFPRI as part of the GAIA initiative & CGIAR's DTA & GEI—leans into the UN theme "Investing in Women Farmers" by looking beyond the technology and into the social fabric of how agricultural advice actually works.

Read: https://t.co/Z8m8dWnMtE

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A global community stress-tested Fairgrounds and we saw the future of AI for Ag!

3 key users:
Strategists—disaster forecasting & climate policy
Innovators—deep learning & precision ag
Academics—Fairgrounds integration & brings in new talents

Read more: https://t.co/l3H13CgnEL

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📢 Don't forget to register for our next webinar with @IFPRI!
"Two Sides of the Data Governance Coin: AI Innovation and Regulation for Producers and Users"

📆 March 5, 2026
⏰ 9:30 – 10:30 am EST

Learn more and register here: https://t.co/oZ0GVGFRar

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Digital transformation experts met at iTNT Agricultural University in India to turn high-res drone data into actionable Ag science—analyzing rice, maize & soybean to unlock new spectral “fingerprints” of crop health, powered by CGIAR’s Fairgrounds.

Read: https://t.co/fUlBYZYLRx

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Don’t miss the next session of our AI for Food Systems Research series with IFPRI, entitled "Two Sides of the Data Governance Coin: AI Innovation and Regulation for Producers and Users".

📅 March 5, 2026
⏰ 3:30 – 4:30 pm CET
🔗 Register: https://t.co/oZ0GVGFRar

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🎙️ We’ve partnered with @farmradio & @IFPRI to launch Longa, an AI tool that transcribes & translates local languages like Luganda & Bambara

Finally, the voices of farmers in Africa can be heard & turned into data for better ag advice, policies & more ⤵️
https://t.co/RCDVsRK8pw

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In a new @ScienceMagazine op-ed, @IsmahaneElouafi explains how AI must augment, not replace, human expertise in agriculture 🚀

To succeed, AI must:
• Put farmers at the center
• Partner with scientists
• Build FAIR data systems
• Stress-test tools ⤵️
https://t.co/DDOAenMpVO

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In Abu Dhabi, we’re improving access to crop diversity! 🌱

With the UAE Presidential Court & @ai71official, we are building an #AgriLLM to help users find traits across our genebanks 700k accessions, in seconds 🧬

The teams are now scoping the product & defining the roadmap! ⤵️

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AI can either bake in old biases or build a more gender equitable future.
Studies show that current AI models often struggle with gender inclusivity.

But @CGIAR believes that when AI is designed intentionally, it becomes a powerful catalyst for women, girls to excel in STEM.🔬👩‍💻

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📢 Our webinar, "From Lab to Field: Designing and Testing Agricultural LLMs," is happening today! As part of our joint series with @IFPRI, there is still time to join us.

📆 February 12, 2026 | 9:30 – 10:30 am EST
🎫 Register here: https://t.co/0WtP5sYnrQ

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This week, in recognition of the International Day of Women & Girls in Science (#IDWGS), we highlight Lina Yassin.

Lina leads #CGIARaiHub, connecting CGIAR science with leading AI partners to turn data into practical tools for farmers.

#WomenInScience #AgriculturalAI

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Don’t miss the @IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026📍New Delhi, if you're based in #India 🇮🇳!

We recommend “From Vision to Action: Scaling Equitable AI Advisory Systems through #AGXAI”, on scaling AI advisory systems for farmers

🗓️ Feb 16 | 9:30 AM
📍 Bharat Mandapam

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Missed our "AI for Food Systems Research" webinars with @IFPRI? Catch up on the recordings! 📽️

🔗 Watch the latest session on lessons from Microsoft & Valorem Reply here: https://t.co/cLbTPLESqo

🔗 Explore the full series: https://t.co/oK9XN3wlqj

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Pleased to share a paper recently published by our team on developing a research agenda for responsible Generative AI for agriculture 🌱

The key? Participatory design processes taking stakeholder realities into account

Read the study in @agdevresearch ⤵️ https://t.co/QGHJQLF162

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📢 There is still time to register for the next webinar of our series with @IFPRI on AI for Food Systems Research!

From Foundations to Field: Lessons from Microsoft and Reply’s Work in Agriculture

🗓️ Jan 29, 2026, 9:30 – 10:30 am EST
��� Register here: https://t.co/lfPAsXoKm7

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In 2025, Anthropic settled a $1.5B copyright lawsuit - a turning point for genAI

The era of “free” large-scale web scraping is fading!

@CABI_News explores content licensing as a sustainable path forward for AI in agriculture based on work with @IFPRI ⤵️
https://t.co/MWr8OIvX4z