31/12/2025
Recap 2025
As the year comes to a close, we reflect on a year of sustained, wide-ranging engagement across research, fieldwork, policy dialogue, and institution-building.
Over the year, our work included:
* Deepening our conceptual and methodological work
* Expanding horizontally into emerging policy domains
* Large-scale primary research across multiple agricultural states
* Designing diagnostics and analytical frameworks, and interpreting findings in close engagement with institutional and field realities across diverse policy contexts
At the same time, we strengthened Arcus as an institution:
* Sharpening our vision, internal processes, and review systems
* Investing in technology and AI to support a more resilient research practice
* Celebrating the diversity of our growing team
* Broadening how we engage through new formats
Looking ahead:
* Creating sustained value for our partners and clients by going deeper, not broader
* Contributing to policy conversations through careful framing of questions, responsible interpretation of evidence, and close engagement with implementation realities
Thank you to our team, farmers, partners, collaborators, and institutions who have been part of this journey. We step into the new year with clarity, momentum, and care.