News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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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
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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CGIAR System Board Chair Messages
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Message from the CGIAR System Board Chair: Travel and meeting highlights, and dialogue with the Executive Managing Director
09.01.24Greetings to the CGIAR family. I'm here to give you an update on what has…
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CGIAR Board Chair Travel and Meetings Update
15.12.23Warm greetings to the CGIAR community. I’ll open this edition of my blog by commending the…
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Catching up with CGIAR Board Chair at WorldVeg
15.12.23Greetings to the One CGIAR family. For this edition of my blog, I'm speaking to…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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2024 SHiFT annual report now available
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Nutrition, health & food security
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiF…
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IITA joins Plant Breeding Innovation Management Program to advance responsible genome editing
02.06.25IITA–CGIAR has joined the Plant Breeding Innovation Management Program (PBIMP) under the Global S…
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Cradle to Career Academy visits IITA Kano Station on an educational tour
02.06.25The IITA Kano Station hosted students from Cradle to Career Academy, Zawachiki, Kano during an enr…
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IITA trains NARS staff on digital tools to increase efficiency in banana breeding
02.06.25Banana breeding is a slow and time-consuming process, and it is currently taking almost a…
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IITA scientists achieve gene editing breakthrough for Banana Wilt Resistance
02.06.25A landmark study published in Nature’s Communications Biology by IITA scientists showcases h…
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From Research to Resilience: Partnering for Scalable Solutions in Fragile Contexts
02.06.25By Lucia Carillo and Katrina Kosec CGIAR Science Week—an April 2025 event at the United…
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