News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Four Decades On, ICRISAT and Niger Renew Alliance for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
18.09.25-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With 80% of Niger’s population dependent on rain-fed farming and nearly four in ten facing…
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The Missing Link in Development: Scaling Science for Sustainable Development in the Global South
18.09.25By Ravi Nandi, Innovation Systems Scientist and project lead at CIMMYT, Bangladesh; Nora Hanke-Louw,…
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Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) program in Vietnam aims for unified pathway for livestock transformation in Son La and Thai Nguyen
17.09.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
Vietnam’s livestock sector is growing rapidly, with farmers, cooperatives, consumers, and policyma…
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Global call to reposition pastoralism as a sustainable food system
17.09.25The recent UNFSS+4 Intergovernmental Roundtable, ‘Pastoralism: A Sustainable Food System,’ broug…
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Youth Power in Action: ScaleUp Africa Youth Innovation Challenge at the Africa Food Systems Forum
17.09.25By Abena Ofosu, Senior Research Officer - Innovation Scaling, International Water Management Institu…
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Scaling Clean Cookstoves in Displacement Contexts: Reasons for Limited Success
16.09.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
This is part 1 of our building food, water and climate security in fragile and…
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