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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 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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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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ILRI launches forage genetic resources plot in Nigeria
10.07.24As part of activities to commemorate the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI–CGIAR) 
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The Collaborative Breeding Leadership Program: Bridging the skills gap in plant breeding
10.07.24By 2050, our planet will be home to over 10 billion people, with Africa alone…
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Strengthening the soybean variety development and testing network: IITA hosts collaborative training for West African breeders
10.07.24The IITA Soybean program organized a training session for National Agricultural Research Systems (NA…
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The Village-Based Advisor approach thrives in Burundi
10.07.24The concept of Farmer Promoters was previously unknown in Burundi, but it is no longer…
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Enhancing soil health in Rwanda: What’s lime got to do with it?
10.07.24Rwanda’s farmers have long struggled to obtain quality lime to improve their soil for better…
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OCP Africa and IITA Sign an Agreement at the Official Opening of the Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health in West Africa and the Sahel
03.07.24The landmark agreement will support the implementation of the Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil…
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IITA’s Leena Tripathi elected an African Academy of Sciences fellow
01.07.24IITA is thrilled to announce that IITA Eastern Africa Hub Director and Biotechnology Program Lead…
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Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes spawn multi-level prosperity in Burundi
01.07.24In Burundi, a new project is rapidly transforming the agricultural sector, bringing many farmers hop…
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Danish envoy and investor encourage more youth participation in Nigerian agriculture
01.07.24The Sector Counsellor of Food and Agriculture at the Royal Danish Consulate General in Lagos,…
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Radio outreach transforming cassava cultivation knowledge
01.07.24Cassava farmers participating in the recently concluded Radio IITA Farmers Outreach expressed their …
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IITA and partners convene stakeholders for a seed roadmap in Benin
01.07.24Stakeholders from the Republic of Benin and across Africa are organizing a summit to draw…
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Study reviews market impacts on value chain actors and small-scale soybean producers in Zambia
01.07.24Agri-food value chains (AVCs) have experienced tremendous growth and transformation in the last two …
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IITA Forest Center advances reforestation impacts globally in tree propagation project
01.07.24IITA Forest Center has been making positive headlines in reforestation since 2015. In a recently…
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Nigerien Minister of Agriculture and Livestock explores sustainable BSF technology
01.07.24The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock in Niger, ElHadji Mahamane Ousmane, paid an official court…
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New genome editing research framework for Mozambique
01.07.24Mozambique is on the verge of initiating significant research in crops and animals using genome…
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Planting seeds of collaboration: IITA PROSSIVA hosts farmers for prepositional value trials
01.07.24As part of the IITA PROSSIVA initiative, a landmark event was hosted at Field CS7,…
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BSF larvae and frass production facilities delivered to IITA and partners
01.07.24The BSF for Bio Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability (BBEST) project team, led by IITA…
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A Regional Hub for Fertilizers and Soil Health Opens in Ibadan, Nigeria
28.06.24Combining cutting-edge laboratory testing and training facilities with cross-sector experts to suppo…
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