Climate Adaptation and Digital Resilience for Africa's Smallholder Farmers

Smallholder farmers across Africa are facing growing climate volatility, rising risk, and changing development finance models. What does effective, scalable climate resilience look like now? Join Emmet Murphy, a food security and climate leader with over 25 years of experience across Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, for a practical conversation on adaptation at the last mile. Drawing on his leadership of large agricultural development and tech-enabled programs, Emmet shares lessons from deploying digital tools, AI-supported advisory systems, and drone technologies in smallholder farming contexts. This session explores how climate change is reshaping agricultural risk, the role of inclusive innovation and local knowledge, and where digital solutions are strengthening resilience today through real-world insights from Rwanda, Nigeria, Haiti, and beyond. Whether you’re focused on agriculture, climate adaptation, technology, or rural livelihoods, this session will unpack actionable pathways for building climate-smart, digitally inclusive agricultural systems at scale.