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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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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Soy Excellence Center seeks collaborative efforts for food security
14.06.24Intending to explore possible areas of partnership expansion and contribute to food security in Nige…
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Successful biological control of mango mealybug in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda
14.06.24In the 1990s and 2000s, the exotic mango mealybug, Rastrococcus invadens, was effectively controlle…
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IITA Board visits youth agripreneurs office as Vice-President Shettima applauds IYA’s impact
14.06.24At the just-concluded IITA Board meeting in Abuja, the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) received the …
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IITA and World Bank collaborate on empowering women and youth in Nigeria
14.06.24To advance existing partnership efforts in youth empowerment, capacity development, and food systems…
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IITA and SAA strengthen collaboration to drive agricultural innovation
14.06.24In a strategic effort to strengthen the collaboration between IITA–CGIAR and Sasakawa Africa As…
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“With science, we can”: Radio IITA celebrates Children’s Day
14.06.24Radio IITA joined the global community in celebrating this year’s Children’s Day event. The day…
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Cameroon program graduates second cohort of ENABLE Youth agripreneurs
14.06.24The ENABLE Youth Cameroon (EYC) program aims to train 1,536 young Cameroonians—targeting 40% femal…
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A leap toward modern data management: IITA cowpea breeding program trains in EBS
14.06.24The cowpea breeding program at IITA Kano Station participated in a four-day training on the Enterp…
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Shared breeding pipelines improve dryland crops in sub-Saharan Africa
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
An innovative regional shared breeding approach is improving the cultivation and commercial viabilit…
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CGIAR FAIR ERG workshop: Empowerment against racism
14.06.24On 16 May, the CGIAR Forum Against Inequality and Racism (FAIR) Employee-led Resource Group hosted…
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Eniosa-Irepodun Farmers and CICS launch of 15 million naira building fund at fourth-anniversary celebrations
14.06.24The Eniosa-Irepodun Farmers and CICS marked their fourth anniversary with a significant milestone: l…
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PICAGL unveils project results in DRC
14.06.24As an implementing partner in the provinces of Sud-Kivu and Tanganyika in eastern DRC, IITA–CGIAR…
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New heat-tolerant wheat varieties prove fruitful for Ethiopia’s irrigated lowlands
14.06.24Ethiopia is the largest wheat producer in Africa, accounting for around 65% of the total…
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New study emphasizes tradeoffs between arresting groundwater depletion and food security
14.06.24PRESS RELEASE JUNE 14, 2024 Washington DC, June 14, 2024: A study by authors from the…
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Sudan food emergency: Unpacking the scale of the disaster and the actions needed
14.06.24By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui June 14, 2024 The United Nations recently warned of the risk of famine in…
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Climate security in the Mediterranean: From insights to action
14.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
On April 8, 2024, the CGIAR Focus Climate Security, supported by the CGIAR Initiatives on…
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Localizing Innovation through Demand: A4IP’s Experience at ICTforAg 2024
14.06.24ICTforAg 2024 was an annual convening over May 28-30 in Washington D.C., Nairobi, Texcoco, Los…
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Climate, peace and security workshop: implementing cross-cutting strategies for climate resilience
14.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Authors: Esther Nzuki, Benson Kenduiywo, Victor Villa (Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT); Contribu…
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