Professor Kadambot Siddique has made outstanding contributions to agriculture in research, education and industry development. His research on the adaptation, physiology, genetics and agronomy of crops has boosted cereal and grain legume production in dryland environments. Professor Siddique’s major contribution to dryland agriculture has been crop yield improvements in grain legumes and wheat, and the release of 13 new grain legume cultivars. His education and research training initiatives span many regions, including Australia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. These are impacting on the next generation of agricultural scientists and progressive farmers-for the future challenges of food security.