News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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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
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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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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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CGIAR System Board Chair Messages
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Message from the CGIAR System Board Chair: Travel and meeting highlights, and dialogue with the Executive Managing Director
09.01.24Greetings to the CGIAR family. I'm here to give you an update on what has…
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CGIAR Board Chair Travel and Meetings Update
15.12.23Warm greetings to the CGIAR community. I’ll open this edition of my blog by commending the…
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Catching up with CGIAR Board Chair at WorldVeg
15.12.23Greetings to the One CGIAR family. For this edition of my blog, I'm speaking to…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Setting the Stage: Key Debates and Developments from SB62 Week 1
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
CGIAR is participating in the 62nd session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) in Bonn…
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IITA deepens national partnerships for agricultural transformation in Benin
25.06.25As part of continued efforts to foster greater synergy with national partners in Africa, IITA Dire…
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A Bioconductor workshop empowers African scientists in genomic data analysis
25.06.25In partnership with the Bioconductor community, IITA–CGIAR hosted an intensive, week-long Biocon…
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DG Ehui commends IITA Benin staff, visits innovations and conservation efforts
25.06.25From June 3 to 6, 2025, Dr Simeon Ehui, IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for C…
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Unexpected discovery in cassava genome sheds light on epigenetic clues
25.06.25Science often throws us a curveball, and it came from cassava this time. Researchers have…
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TAAT Cassava Compact hosts training workshop to boost cassava production in Guinea
25.06.25To strengthen cassava seed systems in Guinea, the TAAT Cassava Compact completed a two-day training…
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