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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-
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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 SystemsÂ
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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Why the world needs inclusive food systems now more than ever
10.04.20-
Food security
The 2020 Global Food Policy Report is now out, with a sharp focus on creating…
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Hari Upadhyaya: The fearless breeder in the genebank
08.04.20-
Biodiversity
As a young man growing up in the village of Shiwala in India’s Uttar Pradesh,…
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A rich harvest of not just legumes but of changed destinies and better nutrition
03.04.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Charting the 12 year course of the Tropical Legumes project This compilation of real-life ‘impactâ…
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Rising market pull for dryland crops prompts move for setting up efficient seed delivery systems
03.04.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Increasing market demand for dryland crops in Kenya and Tanzania owing to IFAD-funded project interv…
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Certified seed fetches twice the market rate: Farmers hitch onto seed production
03.04.20-
Gender equality
Growing certified improved seed of millets and legumes is a profitable business enterprise for farme…
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First Lady of Niger leads millet movement
27.03.20-
Health
Niger recently celebrated the second annual International Millet Festival (FESTIMIL), aimed a…
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Farmers in Eastern Kenya reap big profits from improved varieties of drought-tolerant crops
27.03.20Farmers in Eastern Kenya are seeing an increase in yield from their crops and earning…
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Commemorating 2020 International Women’s Day: Creating an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and equal opportunity
27.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
An insightful panel discussion on building inclusive work spaces was the focus of International Wome…
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Nutrition, gender and breeding modernization: Focal points of West and Central Africa research agenda
20.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The spotlight was on biofortification, gender equity and breeding program modernization at the recen…
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Brokering research crucial for climate-proofing drylands
13.03.20-
Food security
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Health
Of the 12 interventions identified for agriculture by the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) in…
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ICRISAT and local seed companies to build a seed industry for supply of high performing hybrids to small holder farmers
13.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Demand for sorghum and pearl millet as major food, feed and fodder crop continues…
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New EU-funded project to improve food and nutrition security in Mali, to benefit 40,000 people
06.03.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
A new project aimed at improving food and nutrition security in Mali by enhancing crop…
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Indian farmers reap profits from machine harvestable chickpea
28.02.20-
Food security
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Health
Machine-harvestable chickpea variety ‘Phule Vikram’, which was launched two years ago in India, …
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First public research facility to put agriculture on fast-forward launched at ICRISAT
21.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
 Efforts to modernize crop breeding took a giant leap today with the unveiling of ICRISAT’s…
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Spotlight on pearl millet – biofortification and drought tolerance
21.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Pearl millet scientists discussed the ‘Future micronutrient breeding strategy in pearl millet’, …
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Empowering young scientists with new skills to develop genomic-assisted climate-resilient crops
21.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recent training course sought to enable young scientists, professors and breeders in the area…
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Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali
14.02.20-
Health
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Nutrition
USAID delegation visited Mali to see impacts from projects undertaken by three CGIAR institutions A…
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Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania
14.02.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…
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