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The UAE AI for Agriculture Ecosystem is a coordinated set of AI-for-agriculture initiatives anchored by a $200 million UAE-Gates Foundation partnership announced at COP28 and formally launched in December 2025. The ecosystem comprises four landmark initiatives.
The Institute for Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence (IAAI) based at MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi is a digital advisory hub for agriculture that offers AI advisory tools, training programs, and technical assistance teams to governments and NGOs serving smallholder farmers. The CGIAR AI Hub coordinates AI research and deployment across the CGIAR network of 15 research centers serving low- and middle-income countries.
AgriLLM is an open-source agricultural large language model developed by ai71, trained on agricultural research and real farming Q&A, delivering multilingual region-specific role-based guidance for climate adaptation and food production. AIM for Scale supports scaling effective AI for agriculture interventions.
The ecosystem targets 43 million smallholder farmers impacted by climate change, with public-good outputs including open data, open models, and open digital advisory tools.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Funding is delivered through sub-grants and partnership agreements with CGIAR research centers, national agricultural research systems, ministries of agriculture and food security in low- and middle-income countries, digital agriculture implementation partners, AI research labs working on agricultural large language models and computer vision, and academic institutions developing precision agriculture tools. AgriLLM partner participation is open to organizations contributing agricultural data, validating models, or piloting deployments in smallholder contexts. The IAAI engages governments and NGOs through technical assistance teams and training programs. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows anchored by a $200,000,000 UAE-Gates Foundation partnership announced at COP28 that funds four landmark initiatives: the Institute for Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence (IAAI), the CGIAR AI Hub, AgriLLM, and AIM for Scale. Individual sub-grants and partnership awards vary by initiative; researchers and implementation partners typically receive awards ranging from small pilots to multi-million-dollar multi-year collaborations. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
UAE AI for Agriculture Ecosystem Including CGIAR AI Hub IAAI AgriLLM and AIM for Scale for AI-Powered Smallholder Farmer Advisory is funded by UAE Presidential Court International Affairs Office, Gates Foundation, CGIAR, MBZUAI, NYU Abu Dhabi, ai71, and World Bank. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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