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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ILRI and Kenya Dairy Board sign agreement to transform the dairy sector ‘from farm to glass’
23.09.25-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) signed a five-…
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The world has changed, so has Climate Action at CGIAR
23.09.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
CGIAR is ‘on the road’ to COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, this November. But…
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Wild ancestors may hold the key to more nutritious rice grains
22.09.25-
Nutrition
By Rhowell Tiozon and Glenn Concepcion For the nearly 9,000 years since its domestication, rice…
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A Learning Event at Kamaget Secondary School: Linking Agriculture, Nutrition, and Education for Better Nutrition and Farm Incomes
19.09.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
HarvestPlus recently hosted a learning event at Kamaget Secondary School in Bomet County, Kenya brin…
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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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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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