Farmers in Koutiala, a district in Southern Mali grow cereals to feed their families and keep cows for milk and as a form of savings. There, all the arable land is currently under cultivation. During the four months of the rainy season, farmers prioritise the cultivation of cereals over fodder production for livestock.  The Flemish farmer network - Biobedrijfsnetwerken (BBN) supports the development initiatives that bring farmers, advisors, and researchers together to tackle agricultural production challenges. For example, farmers from Greenflow, a cooperative of organic farmers in Flanders, Belgium came together to find a way to meet the high standards of retailers.

  An anthropologist, an agrometeorologist and Universitas Indonesia students and other scientific and administrative support staff have teamed up with rice farmers in Indramayu (Java) and on Lombok, to face changing local climatic patterns. The aim is to generate reliable climate services on which farmers can base their crop management decisions.