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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 ListWorldFish19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now… Read more
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      IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systemsInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o… Read more
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      CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialoguesMultifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25- 
            
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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… Read more
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      World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsCGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi… Read more
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      Food Policy Priorities for A Changing WorldInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities… Read more
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      Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstructionInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in… Read more
News from the Centers and Programs
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      The Multiplier Effect of Mentorship in Policy-relevant ResearchIbukun Taiwo30.10.25- 
            
            Climate adaptation & mitigation
 This is Part 2 of this blog series on Building Local Research Capacity through Time,… Read more
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      Adaptation Futures 2025: CGIAR’s Africa‑Focused Contributions and Takeaways.Climate Action Science Program30.10.25- 
            
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            Climate adaptation & mitigation
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            Mitigation
 The Global Imperative for Climate Adaptation Climate change is causing increasingly severe and wid… Read more
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      Xi Cao appointed head of ADB-CGIAR Clearing House Facility to accelerate agri-innovation and investmentInternational Rice Research Institute (IRRI)30.10.25Los Baños, Philippines (24 October 2025) — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has a… Read more
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      Celebrating 50 years of IFPRI: Transforming agrifood systems in Latin America and the CaribbeanInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.10.25By Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, and Valeria Piñeiro October 29, 2025 Foo… Read more
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      SBI Foundation Joins Hands with UAS Raichur and ICRISAT to Launch “SMART-CROP” InitiativeInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)29.10.25- 
            
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            Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
 SBI Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the State Bank of India, has… Read more
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      Bridging Science and Storytelling: How CGIAR’s Climate Security Research Is Reaching Wider AudiencesIbukun Taiwo28.10.25- 
            
            Climate adaptation & mitigation
 Science is powerful when people can see themselves in it. This year, the United Nations… Read more
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