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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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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
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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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
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Many birds with one stone
19.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Ethiopia, farming systems rely heavily on animal and human power, reducing productivity and effic…
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Far-reaching impacts
12.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In 1966, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) hosted a training event tha…
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On-farm nitrogen management practices have global reverberations
10.04.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
An international team of scientists has strengthened our understanding of how better fertilizer mana…
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World Health Day 2021
07.04.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Health has certainly been in the spotlight over the past year. And how could it…
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Nepal launches digital soil map
07.04.21-
Big data
A new digital soil map for Nepal provides access to location-specific information on soil properties…
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Revisiting the inverse size-productivity relationship
07.04.21-
Big data
Quantifying agricultural productivity relies on measures of crop production and land area. Those mea…
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Investment in maize for Africa pays off
30.03.21-
Food security
Between 1995-2015, nearly 60% of all maize varieties released in 18 African countries were CGIAR-rel…
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How do we sustainably manage transboundary diseases and crop pests?
25.03.21-
Environmental health
In our hyper-connected world, it should come as no surprise that recent years have shown…
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What is nixtamalization?
23.03.21-
Nutrition
For centuries, people across Mexico and Central America have been using a traditional method, known…
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CIMMYT to dedicate historic wheat experimental station to Sanjaya Rajaram
18.03.21The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will rename one of its most historic…
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A knowledge revolution
12.03.21The key to transforming food production systems globally lies in knowledge management processes, acc…
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Power steering
10.03.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Protected from the harsh midday sun with a hat, Pramila Mondal pushes behind the roaring…
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Consider the seed
09.03.21The conservation of plant genetic diversity through germplasm conservation is a key component of glo…
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The transformative value of maize
08.03.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The state of Odisha, in the east of India, ranks sixth in rice production in…
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Bill Gates highlights CIMMYT’s innovation in latest climate book
03.03.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Global thought leader, philanthropist and one of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Cente…
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Groundwater depletion in India could reduce winter cropped acreage significantly in years ahead
24.02.21-
Environmental health
India is the world’s second-largest producer of wheat and rice and is home to more…
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Drought-tolerant maize project pioneers a winning strategy for a world facing climate change
24.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Since the 1980s, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the International…
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Five big steps toward wheat self-sufficiency in Pakistan
23.02.21Wheat is not just an essential part of the Pakistani diet, but also absolutely critical…
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