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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Bridging Science and Storytelling: How CGIAR’s Climate Security Research Is Reaching Wider Audiences
Ibukun Taiwo28.10.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Science is powerful when people can see themselves in it. This year, the United Nations…
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From bottles to solar pumps: how Cocoa farmers in Ghana are innovating to beat water stress
Sehlule Muzata28.10.25-
Environmental health
Across Ghana's cocoa belt, the rhythm of the rains is no longer reliable. Once-predictable wet…
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Farmers take the lead in shaping CGIAR crop innovations through the Tricot methodology
Breeding for Tomorrow27.10.25When the rain finally came to her village in Tanzania, Mariam didn’t just plant her…
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Getting quality seeds of improved varieties to every farmer: A conversation on CGIAR’s Inclusive Delivery approach
CGIAR Initiative on Seed Equal27.10.25How can we ensure that the improved, climate-resilient varieties developed by CGIAR and partners rea…
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Unlocking Liberia’s soybean market potential for economic growth: Four-pillar EU-backed Seeds4Liberia Project set to strengthen seed system
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)27.10.25Agriculture production in Liberia faced a major challenge, i.e., limited access to high-quality seed…
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TAAT Cassava Compact and ENABLE-TAAT partner to drive private sector adoption of cassava technologies in Nigeria and DRC
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)27.10.25The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Cassava Compact, led by IITA-CGIAR,…
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