
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
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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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Asking the right questions: A stakeholder dialogue on generative AI in digital extension
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)07.10.25By Eliot Jones-Garcia, Kristin Davis, and Niyati Singaraju October 7, 2025 Generative artificial i…
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Advancing public private and people partnership (PPPP) for small scale mechanization in Tunisia: a milestone towards enhanced farm and landscape management.
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ICARDA and its national partners…
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IITA’s Prof Rony Swennen Honored as Visiting Professor by Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)07.10.25In a prestigious recognition of his expertise in banana, Professor Rony Swennen, a scientist at…
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Madagascar delegation explores IITA innovations for agricultural transformation
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)07.10.25A high-level delegation from Madagascar visited IITA–CGIAR during 8 – 12 September, on an imme…
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IITA Youth in Agribusiness wins award at UAE
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)07.10.25The IITA Youth in Agribusiness Unit (IYA) won the esteemed Sharjah Government Communication Award …
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Netherlands Ambassador visits IITA to strengthen agricultural partnerships for greater impact in Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)07.10.25The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Nigeria, His Excellency Bengt van Loosdrecht,…
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