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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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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Preparing to Scale Mbili Mbili Cropping Systems for Crop Diversification and Climate Resilience in Malawi
28.11.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the spirit of Ruth Ginsburg's words urging people to fight for what they care…
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Global donor agencies share investment approaches and priorities for developing rice systems in Asia and Africa
28.11.23-
Food security
MANILA, Philippines (16 October 2023) — International donor organizations presented their prioriti…
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Technologies and methodologies for low-emission rice cultivation can open doors to climate financing for smallholder farmers
28.11.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
MANILA, Philippines (17 October 2023) — Farmers who practice low-emission rice cultivation could s…
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Training private seed-sector stakeholders in Bangladesh to navigate the complex, shifting agricultural challenges
28.11.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Scientists, researchers, and producers from private seed companies being trained in modern seed tech…
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Press Release: CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Launches Second Call for Applications
27.11.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Date: November 27, 2023 Today, the CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator (CFSA) proudly announces the launc…
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Sowing Seeds of Change, Joining Forces to build resilience in agricultural communities by integrating climate, peace, and security
27.11.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The pool of expertise also included the technical support of the Jomo Kenyatta University of…
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IITA and World Bank delegates address deforestation challenges
27.11.23Developing countries, including Nigeria, are facing huge deforestation, destroying the biodiversity …
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Transferring aflatoxin biocontrol experiences to partners from Mali, Niger, and Pakistan
27.11.23Supported by funding from the United States Department of Agriculture – Foreign Agricultural Servi…
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Establishing a fertilizer and soil health center to advance regional agricultural research
27.11.23As part of IITA–CGIAR‘s ongoing research activities, a team comprising members from various res…
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IITA brokers new partnership deal with Sasakawa Africa Association
27.11.23The President of Sasakawa Africa Association (SSA), Makoto Kitanaka, accompanied by Sasakawa Niger…
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Engaging in regional dialogue to support transboundary water cooperation in Southern Africa
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Transboundary river basins extend across international boundaries and are shared by two or more stat…
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Nutrient recycling stakeholder engagement for sustainable and resilient agricultural production in DRC
27.11.23The densely populated city of Bukavu faces increasing environmental decay, while the surrounding rur…
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Inaugural class of CRISPR technology graduates poised to shape the future of agriculture
27.11.23As the world’s foremost experts unite in their efforts to combat food insecurity and malnutrition,…
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Supporting the next generation of Africa’s scientists
27.11.23Fourteen-year-old Michelle Atawa Mensah was declared winner of the 2023 Young Scientist Award at the…
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Venture-Out Events: Behind the Venture Studio Model with Wageningen’s StartLife
27.11.23What challenges do scientists face in bringing their innovations to market? The unique nature of…
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A Rainy Community Success: The Observer Networks in Choluteca and El Paraíso, Honduras: What began as a funded development project has grown into a network of passionate rain observers
27.11.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In many parts of the world, weather forecasting is a valuable resource, whether for farmers…
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Modelling of antibiotic resistance in aquatic systems: a useful tool to protect human and ecosystem health
26.11.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Antibiotic resistance in aquatic systems puts the health of people and animals at risk from…
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Press Release: ISF and CGIAR forge partnership to improve farmers’ access to quality seed and innovation
25.11.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The two global organizations sign a 5-year cooperation for activities centered on seed systems to…
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