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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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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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Cacao of Excellence Announces the Launch of the 2025 Edition of the Cacao of Excellence Awards
03.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Held biennially, the Cacao of Excellence Awards bring together leading sensory evaluation experts an…
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Stakeholder Workshop Insights: Driving sustainability in the coffee value chain through traceability systems
03.06.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
On March 19, 2024, at the Clarion Hotel in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the Alliance of Bioversity…
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Smarter Fertilizer: AI-Powered Recommendations Boost Wheat Yields in Ethiopia
03.06.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Just like humans need a balanced diet, plants require specific nutrients from the soil to…
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Siaya, Kenya: Breaking the Barriers of Tree Farming
03.06.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Siaya County, located in Kenya's Nyanza region, is renowned for its historical and political signifi…
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Shattering food, nutrition, and economic security barriers in Bangladesh through mixed farming systems
02.06.24-
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Mixed farming systems in traditional agricultural systems provide potentially many benefits for smal…
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Five ways science can lead a just transition in agri-food systems
02.06.24-
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All of us involved in agri-food systems are grappling with a difficult task: to ramp…
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Africa’s opportunity to ramp up the value of food
02.06.24-
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As a global community, we are grappling with a difficult task: to ramp up food…
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GeoAgro-Misr Digital Application Training in Egypt
02.06.24Amid escalating climate change and dwindling water resources in dryland regions, FAO Egypt, ICARDA, …
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Responding to Malawi’s impending food crisis
31.05.24BY JAN DUCHOSLAV, MAZVITA CHIDUWA, SIMON DENHERE, JOACHIM DE WEERDT, RODWELL MZONDE AND GEORGE PH…
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Fostering Diverse Water–Energy–Food Nexus Networks: New podcast series
31.05.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Original blog published by the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT on May 9, 2024. A new…
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Learn from the experts: How we move beyond emergency relief in fragile and conflict-affected settings
31.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the first of a three-part webinar series, IWMI assembled a panel of Anticipatory Action…
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Defending East Africa against banana bunchy top disease
31.05.24With recent outbreaks in Tanzania and Uganda, banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) emerged as a…
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Advancing biotechnology in Africa: Reflections from Kenya and Zambia
31.05.24In a concerted effort to advance agricultural biotechnology in Africa, IITA, the University of Cali…
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Leading IITA scientist Rony Swennen receives global recognition for plant science and agronomy research
31.05.24IITA-CGIAR Banana Breeder Rony Swennen has emerged as the 411th best scientist in Plant Science a…
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90% SAH plantlet survival rate boosting cassava seed availability in Rwanda
31.05.24Rwanda’s cassava sector has faced significant challenges over the years, primarily due to the deva…
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Toward breeding a better future for cowpea farmers and consumers
31.05.24On 16 May, the IITA Kano Station hosted a one-day meeting organized by the Cowpea Breeding Team…
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ENABLE-TAAT trains over 240 Zimbabwean youths, targets more African youth
31.05.24The ENABLE-TAAT project of IITA has provided agribusiness training for no fewer than 249 youths …
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IITA-CGIAR drives synergy among stakeholders in Nigeria
31.05.24In a three-day high-level event ending with a Stakeholder Engagement in Abuja, IITA–CGIAR has re…
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