News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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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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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Uganda’s agriculture ministry adopts PigSmart resources to train extension workers
29.08.25-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) has adopted PigSmart pla…
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Mapping Kenya’s livestock routes: The arteries of dryland pastoral economy
29.08.25-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Kenya has taken a landmark step in strengthening its livestock sector and advancing regional integra…
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Listening to the heartbeat of the global rice market
28.08.25In a fragile balance, how do we protect a staple that feeds billions? LOS BAÑOS,…
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How Fairgrounds (previously AgPile) connects data and crop breeders – with early examples
27.08.25-
Big data
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Nutrition, health & food security
In early 2025, CGIAR received a grant from the Gates Foundation to develop AgPile, a…
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Unlocking climate finance for sustainable livestock: Reflections from the Second Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa
27.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
The Second Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa was held in Nairobi, Kenya, 19-20…
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Grounding AI in practice: What extension gets wrong, what extension gets right, and what AI can learn
26.08.25By Kristin Davis, Eliot Jones-Garcia, and Niyati Singaraju August 26, 2025 Generative artificial i…
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