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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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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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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IITA and Pairwise secure $3.8M to boost yam production through gene editing
10.10.24An important staple crop in many countries, optimizing yam production will help narrow the widesprea…
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Why (agro)biodiversity is the lifeblood of the nexus approach
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Natalia Estrada-Carmona and Sarah Jones Our planet is a complex web of life. Every…
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What do we know about the future of food systems innovation?
09.10.24Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in the future, and the body of…
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Raising awareness of opportunities for young people and the private sector in sustainable food systems transformation
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Nutrition, health & food security
As the challenges to sustainable food systems grow, it will become more important for a…
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AfricaRice Empowers Partners with Advanced Impact Assessment Skills
09.10.24In a bid to enhance agricultural research and innovation in West and Central Africa, Africa…
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Major ILRI-CGIAR-livestock contributions at the 2024 World One Health Congress in Cape Town
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Nutrition, health & food security
The focus of the World One Health Congress 2024 held in Cape Town, South Africa…
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The era of climate crisis in Nepal: A call for urgent action
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
By Santosh Nepal Nepal is already grappling with the climate crisis, facing complex disasters beyond…
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The Road to a Global Strategy for Resilient Drylands
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Environmental health & biodiversity
CGIAR's Global Strategy for Resilient Drylands takes center stage as we approach UNFCCC COP29 in…
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Business Leaders Attend ICRISAT’s Exclusive Partnership Meeting in Hyderabad
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over 60 business leaders representing public and private sector enterprises, academia, and CSR Found…
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Bulengo Camp, North Kivu: Empowering Internally Displaced Women through Bean Cultivation in the DRC
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Every morning at dawn, Rachel gathers her tools and walks to the communal plot, hopeful…
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Transforming Agrifood Systems through Virtual Reality: The Ukama Ustawi Journey
08.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Diversification in Each and Southern Africa (Ukama Ustawi), led by…
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IRRI launches new IRG collection to accelerate linking trait discovery with breeding
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Food security
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has unveiled a new resource, the Released Variety P…
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To manage well, we need to measure
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Insights from a webinar on Metrics, Innovations, and Perspectives for Sustainable Agri-Food Systems …
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USAID high-level visit commends AID-I Great Lakes work in Rwanda
07.10.2430 August 2024, Rwamagana District, Rwanda – The Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau…
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Revolutionizing Enset cultivation: Strategic alliance aims to tackle challenges in Ethiopia
07.10.24IITA, Alabaster International (Alabaster), and the Girl Child Network (GCN) have forged a strategic …
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Strengthening Africa’s staple crops: RTB Cassava and Yam WCA Network charts new breeding strategies for regional markets
07.10.24On 23-25 September, CGIAR RTB Cassava and Yam WCA Network brought together breeders, researchers, an…
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IITA strengthens partner capacity with resource mobilization and grants management workshop in Accra
07.10.24The IITA Project Development and Administration Unit (PDAU) organized a three-day workshop in Accr…
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NDLEA and IITA seek opportunities to empower Nigerian citizens with alternative legal revenue streams
07.10.24The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) came on a two-day visit to IITA on…
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