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AI-guided gene editing targets climate-resilient corn traitsThe companies will use Rainbow Crops’ Trait Foundry to develop corn traits related to heat, drought and flood resilience. The collaboration is still an R&D programme, with performance to be tested through phenotyping and field trials rather than demonstrated in commercial crops.→Gates Foundation commits at least $1 billion to equitable AIThe Gates Foundation said it will spend at least US$1 billion over two years to expand access to AI and AI-enabled solutions. The initiative focuses on health, education and agriculture, with an emphasis on underserved communities and local needs.→UNDP and NEC agree to develop AI for climate resilienceThe collaboration will examine environmental data use, infrastructure resilience, nature-positive development and data-driven agriculture. The parties also identified potential work involving agricultural systems such as CropScope in Ethiopia and a joint technical white paper.→Google DeepMind details satellite models for Indian agricultureIn an interview reported by The Indian Express, Google DeepMind agriculture lead Alok Talekar described two satellite-based models in the AnthroKrishi team. One maps fields, trees and water from roughly 15 years of imagery, while another tracks sowing and harvesting across 12 crops, with data refreshes ranging from six to 12 months and twice monthly.→Lesotho launches national farmer registry built on an agentic-AI application platformLesotho's Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition launched a national portal consolidating farmer, land, household, livestock and support-service records across all 10 districts. The system uses Joget DX Enterprise, whose supplier describes its agentic-AI platform and LLM-assisted development process as future application headroom rather than claiming that autonomous AI currently makes agricultural decisions.→