
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
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. 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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
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
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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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Why Climate Finance Must Tackle Food Loss and Waste
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)10.10.25Every harvest season in Africa, food is lost or wasted at staggering levels. Nigeria loses 45% of…
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How a stakeholder platform could finally transform one of Southern Africa’s shared river basins
Policy Innovations Science Program10.10.25Stakeholders visit the River Level Station on the Lower Sabie River, Kruger National Park, South…
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Emboldening Equitable Climate Adaptation: A Handbook for Field Research Leaders
Eisen Bernard Bernardo10.10.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change makes life incredibly difficult for smallholder farmers, but the programs meant to he…
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AI Tool Makes "Invisible Enemy" Visible, Tackling Aflatoxin Risk in Africa's Maize
Sehlule Muzata09.10.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
An innovative early warning system powered by artificial intelligence is poised to transform how Afr…
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Abdul Matlab’s Agri Machinery Services: Building Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh
Scaling for Impact Program09.10.25By Kafil Uddin, CIMMYT and Zakaria Hasan, CIMMYT In Chakaria, a coastal upazila in Cox’s Bazar,…
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Seedling success on the rooftop: Shorifa Khatun's entrepreneurial journey
Scaling for Impact Program09.10.25By Kaniz Tamanna, Zakaria Hasan and Bharathi Parupalli, CIMMYT Shorifa Khatun (38) has overcome soc…
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