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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
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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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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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Increase of AKILIMO demand for other projects
04.10.24In recent months, the use of AKILIMO has seen a remarkable rise, particularly in cassava…
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Rwanda Ministry of Agriculture and IITA to collaborate on innovation scaling
30.09.24On the sidelines of the just concluded Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) held in Kigali, Rwanda, I…
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Partnership for impact: IITA and RAB align research efforts to transform Rwanda’s agriculture
30.09.24As part of efforts to increase IITA–CGIAR‘s research efforts in Rwanda, IITA Director General a…
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Private sector engagement key to transforming Africa’s food systems, says IITA DG at AFSF 2024
30.09.24At the just concluded Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) 2024, IITA Director General and CGIAR R…
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IITA and IFAD explore collaborative opportunities to boost food security in Africa
30.09.24IITA and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rwanda have initiated discu…
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Strengthening agricultural innovation through strategic collaboration: FAO and IITA explore new frontiers
30.09.24In a bid to explore ways to strengthen collaboration between IITA and the Food and Agriculture Or…
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Strengthening ties: IITA and South Kivu partner to reduce food imports and transform agriculture in DRC
30.09.24During a brief stay in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the…
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IITA revolutionizes yam production: New varieties and training programs boost agricultural innovation in Nigeria
30.09.24In less than six years, IITA–CGIAR has developed and released 26 high-quality yam varieties acro…
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LAPO and IITA-CGIAR commence the tree planting project for economic and environmental sustainability
30.09.24Following LAPO Microfinance Bank‘s previous visit to IITA-CGIAR to seek ways to enhance its Cor…
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ABUAD and IITA explore areas of collaboration
30.09.24Recently, a delegation from IITA visited Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), to strengthe…
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Enhancing agricultural research with FAO’s AGRIS and AGROVOC programs: A conversation with IITA knowledge management team
18.09.24In a recent series of conversations with CGIAR Knowledge Management teams, Sara Jani and Valentina…
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CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy launches groundbreaking open learning portal for global agronomy education
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Innovative platform provides agronomy-focused courses and resources to empower learners and drive ag…
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Strengthening Rwanda’s seed sector: Company leaders participate in seed business management training
17.09.24Rwanda’s seed sector is crucial to the country’s agricultural development, food security, and ec…
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Resilient agriculture: IITA empowers stakeholders to build sustainable food systems in Burundi and South Sudan
17.09.24Efforts to enhance agriculture breeding programs in countries, specifically those considered fragile…
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How youth agripreneurs contribute to food security and wealth creation
17.09.24To fulfill the IITA Youth Agripreneurs’ (IYA) mandate to drive youth participation in agricultur…
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Belgian ambassador explores new partnerships to strengthen sustainable agriculture in Africa
17.09.24IITA–CGIAR hosted the Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Pieter Leenknegt, accompanied…
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