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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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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Africa's Urgent Call to improve Soil Health for effective Fertilizer use
CGIAR06.05.24In Africa, the clock is ticking on food security. A critical pathway to securing this…
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Joint Partnership between Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Aims to Tackle Global Health Challenges
CGIAR06.05.24A collaboration between the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foun…
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To improve Africa’s soil health and plant nutrition, empower women farmers
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.05.24BY CLAUDIA RINGLER AND CARGELE MASSO OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Healthy soils play a critical…
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Gobierno Regional de Ucayali, Perú, aprueba plan estratégico para promover el Biocomercio con enfoque agroecológico
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology06.05.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Perú, una de las 16 naciones megadiversas, alberga el 70% de la biodiversidad mundial. Su…
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Kenyan lab upgrades pave way for faster delivery of roots, tubers and bananas in East Africa
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
At KEPHIS Plant Quarantine and Biosecurity Station in Muguga, Kenya, CGIAR is developing a germplasm…
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A new germplasm exchange facility in Kenya is set to boost East Africa food security via roots, tubers and bananas
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In Muguga, on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya, stands a group of greenhouses, nestled…
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Local stakeholders drive solutions: workshop tackles water management challenges in Bangladesh
CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas06.05.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Khulna, Bangladesh (April 24, 2024) –To address the complexities surrounding water management in t…
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Objectivity in Qualitative Research
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service06.05.24Qualitative research is often regarded as being less objective, and hence less rigorous, than quanti…
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What does it take to scale an agricultural innovation? Loraine Ronchi talks with Agnes Kalibata
CGIAR06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Getting science innovations out of the labs and into the hands of millions of smallholder…
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Technical staff at African research stations gain crucial trialling and nursery skills, improving continent-wide crop breeding data
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Ensuring top-notch equipment reaches breeding research stations worldwide is vital, but equally cruc…
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Farmer exchange visits accelerate knowledge co-creation for agroecological transition
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology06.05.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Validation, innovations, and research gaps Authors: Beatrice Adoyo (CIFOR-ICRAF), Hezekiah Korir (II…
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RTB East Africa Germplasm Exchange Laboratory construction commences in Kenya
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.05.24A significant milestone was reached on 25 April in the realm of roots, tubers, and…
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YAS hosts Dutch food and nutrition team
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.05.24The Youth in Agribusiness: Enabling scaling of innovative technologies for sustainable food solution…
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EAFF AICCRA launches collaborative call for farmer-led climate adaptation stories
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.05.24The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research f…
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IITA trains stakeholders on the power of molecular markers in banana breeding and seed systems
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.05.24Genetic purity is one of the utmost requirements for quality seeds. In bananas, the penalty…
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IITA-CGIAR open doors of collaboration to CIPESS delegates
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.05.24A delegation from the Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (CIPE…
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Unlocking agricultural potential: IFC and IITA’s response to industrial agricultural transformation
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.05.24Nigeria has faced a distressing trend in cassava and soybean production within the subsistence farmi…
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Exchange program empowers young entrepreneurs from the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.05.24In line with the mandate of the PICAGL integrated agricultural growth project in the Grand-Lakes…
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