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
19.09.25Dr. 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
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
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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News from the Centers and Programs
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Forging a Low-Emission Future for Agriculture: Key Takeaways from the CIMMYT-World Bank Mitigation Marketplace event
09.10.25By Dr. T. S. Amjath Babu, Senior Agricultural Economist, CIMMYT; Md. Masud Rana, Project Portfolio…
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Are Africa, East Asia and Pacific Eating Too Much Fish?
09.10.25On October 3, the EAT–Lancet Commission released its latest report on healthy, sustainable, and ju…
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From Traditions to Triumph: Premalata’s Success with Solar-Dried Fish in Odisha
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Premalata Behera, a 40-year-old member of Maa Women Self Help Group and resident of the…
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Asking the right questions: A stakeholder dialogue on generative AI in digital extension
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
07.10.25In a prestigious recognition of his expertise in banana, Professor Rony Swennen, a scientist at…
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