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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Cultivating grit and harvesting resilience: Navigating a tough agricultural landscape
CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality25.04.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Marked by deficient rains and with just 19.36 percent water storage left in dams (as…
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Digital Sequence Information (DSI) and plant genetic resources
CGIAR Initiative on Genebanks25.04.24Digital sequence information (DSI) is changing the way genetic resources are used in agricultural re…
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Consortium to launch Fertilizer and Soil Health Hub for West Africa and the Sahel at the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit
Sehlule Muzata25.04.24AFSH24 Regional Hub Launch: A sustainable food secure future for West Africa and The Sahel…
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HarvestPlus Solutions to Pilot CGIAR’s Novel Agricultural Innovation Scaling Methodologies
HarvestPlus24.04.24HarvestPlus Solutions, which tackles global food and nutrition security, and CGIAR’s Portfolio Per…
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Stakeholder Forum of the Sub-sector Working Group on Irrigation. 20 March 2024, Vientiane, Laos PDR
CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies23.04.24Water management is still key in the setting where water resources are abundant, like Laos.…
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CGIAR, WFP, and Norway's collaboration for climate-resilient food security in sub-Saharan Africa
CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration23.04.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In June 2023, CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, joined forces with the W…
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Join the ICTforAg Learning Network to connect with digital innovators
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation23.04.24The ICTforAg Learning Network has just been launched, providing online spaces to find collaborators,…
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Study: Human milk banks offer a promising option to address sub-Saharan Africa’s staggeringly high neonatal mortality rates
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.04.24-
Nutrition
BY TADDESE ZERFU OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Global child survival rates have risen since 1990…
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CGIAR and UNHCR sign MOU to empower displaced communities
CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration23.04.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Consider this: 30% of refugees and a staggering 70% of those internally displaced by conflict…
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Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)22.04.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Over the past few decades, Conservation Agriculture (CA) has moved from theory to practice…
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Full diplomatic status to boost research and food security efforts in Zambia
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.04.24-
Food security
In a major development that will change the research and food security efforts of IITA–CGIAR in …
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2023 Papua New Guinea Rural Household Survey: Insights on livelihoods and the agrifood system
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.04.24BY TRUDIE SIKAS-IHA AND EMILY SCHMIDT OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 A new IFPRI survey of…
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Enhancing food safety by adopting postharvest technologies: A case study of PICS bags in Tanzania
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.04.24-
Food security
Postharvest loss has been a significant threat to achieving food security and safety in most…
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Strengthening agricultural development in Cameroon through stakeholder engagement
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.04.24-
Food security
IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, met wi…
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Accelerating climate action by learning from gender mainstreaming
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)22.04.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
In a new paper, Greener through gender: What climate mainstreaming can learn from gender mainstreami…
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Joint comprehensive strategies to combat banana bunchy top outbreak in East Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.04.24-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The invasion of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), the causal agent of the lethal bunchy…
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Lagos Food Fair features products from YAS beneficiaries
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.04.24-
Food security
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Youth
The Youth in Agribusiness: Enabling scaling of innovative technologies for sustainable food solution…
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Empowering women in science: IITA’s impact on academic and career paths
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.04.24-
Gender equality
Over the years, IITA–CGIAR has invested significantly in the academic pursuits of science studen…
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