News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Xi Cao appointed head of ADB-CGIAR Clearing House Facility to accelerate agri-innovation and investment
30.10.25Los Baños, Philippines (24 October 2025) — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has a…
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SBI Foundation Joins Hands with UAS Raichur and ICRISAT to Launch “SMART-CROP” Initiative
29.10.25-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
SBI Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the State Bank of India, has…
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Bridging Science and Storytelling: How CGIAR’s Climate Security Research Is Reaching Wider Audiences
28.10.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Science is powerful when people can see themselves in it. This year, the United Nations…
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Positioning healthier rice varieties in Odisha for market demand and farmer income
28.10.25-
Nutrition
In western Odisha, farmer groups and women’s self-help groups are taking the lead in bringing…
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From bottles to solar pumps: how Cocoa farmers in Ghana are innovating to beat water stress
28.10.25-
Environmental health
Across Ghana's cocoa belt, the rhythm of the rains is no longer reliable. Once-predictable wet…
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Farmers take the lead in shaping CGIAR crop innovations through the Tricot methodology
27.10.25When the rain finally came to her village in Tanzania, Mariam didn’t just plant her…
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