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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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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’s Leading Role in Advancing Fertilizer and Soil Health Initiatives
22.08.24At the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), our dedication to agricultural innova…
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Brazil Africa Institute trains young Africans in cassava management in Bahia
22.08.24From August 19th to 30th, the Brazil Africa Institute (IBRAF) will host the inaugural class…
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CGIAR supports RUFORUM at second Triennial Conference
22.08.24With the growing population across Africa, the race to address critical challenges in human capital…
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Closing the agribusiness information gap: Five years of Radio IITA and a new era with IITA TV
22.08.24Five years ago, the Communication Office of IITA–CGIAR developed a radio station to broadcast va…
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Angola to boost smallholder farmers’ productivity with IITA technologies
22.08.24Angolan delegates from the Institute for Agrarian Development (IDA) visited IITA-CGIAR headquarter…
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Hello IITA: DG Ehui highlights progress and innovation on breakfast TV
22.08.24The Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Simeon Ehui…
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Increased investment and partnerships essential for scaling successful agricultural innovations – IITA DG
22.08.24IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, joined…
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Soils4Liberia Project launch amidst partner engagements to empower Liberia’s agriculture
22.08.24IITA-CGIAR Soil Expert Samuel Mesele attended the EU Productivity to Product, Peers to Peers (P2P) …
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Awareness creation meeting on BBTD: presentation of response plan against BBTD
22.08.24Plantain is one of the most important food crops, contributing 16% of farmers’ incomes and…
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Transformative agricultural innovation unveiled at 62nd Chitedze Agricultural Field Day
22.08.24A significant revolution is underway in Malawi with the introduction of the IITA–CGIAR Semi-Auto…
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STEP’s remarkable impact cultivating future agribusiness leaders
12.08.24A quiet revolution is happening in the heart of Oyo State, Nigeria, transforming how secondary…
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Schools’ Outreach Program inspires the next generation of agricultural innovators
12.08.24The IITA Communication Office recently organized the 4th edition of the Schools’ Outreach Progra…
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Young agro entrepreneurs unveil business plans to spur economic growth
12.08.24Engaging youths in agricultural entrepreneurship is crucial in alleviating the increasingly growing …
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New living lab to combat malnutrition in Africa through food system diversification
12.08.24On 25 July, IITA–CGIAR, under the HealthyDiets4Africa Project, funded by the EU, launched its t…
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Forging partnership to advance agricultural research and education
12.08.24A delegation from Aletheia University, Ago Iwoye in Ogun state paid an exploratory visit to IITA–…
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Revolutionizing animal nutrition and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa with molecular biology
12.08.24Emerging trends in experimental research are proving crucial across various scientific fields, parti…
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Study highlights critical impact of urbanization on avian communities in the Afrotropics
12.08.24Urbanization negatively affects biodiversity worldwide, making associations between urbanization and…
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Scientists highlight best agronomic practices to improve maize yield at radio outreach
12.08.24In a significant step towards enhancing maize farming practices, the RadioIITA Farmers Outreach, i…
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