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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-
Biodiversity
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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
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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What's the future of food subsidies in Egypt?
16.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
In Egypt’s current context of wide-ranging economic reforms, there is growing momentum to improve …
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Forman Lecture: Harold Alderman on the pathways between childhood nutrition and economic growth
16.07.19-
Nutrition
Investing in young children’s nutrition yields substantial economic benefits to society. But that …
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PIM Achievements in 2018: Highlights
15.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Sound policies and well-functioning institutions and markets are essential to building sustainable a…
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AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa
15.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
15 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboratio…
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US Government renews commitment to Mali’s food security and agriculture-led economic growth
12.07.19-
Food security
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Health
Renewing its commitment to investments in Mali, USAID’s partnership declaration event at the US Em…
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Understanding farmer concerns to improve pest and disease management
11.07.19-
Food security
Insect pests and diseases are high on the list of concerns for farmers of root,…
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Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition
11.07.19-
Health
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Nutrition
The national elections in India may well be over, but the persistent issue of malnutrition…
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System effects modelling helps identify challenges, impacts and strategies for improving food safety
10.07.19-
Health
In May 2019, food safety researchers from Cambodia and Vietnam participated in a training on…
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A milestone in developing food-based dietary guidelines for Ethiopia
10.07.19-
Nutrition
Efforts to develop food-based dietary guidelines for Ethiopia reached a milestone in May 2019 when…
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AfricaRice hybrid rice varieties spark seed companies’ interest in Africa
09.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
9 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. A set of four high-yielding hybrid rice varieties with…
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Celebrating World Zoonoses Day with a focus on ILRI’s research on zoonotic diseases
06.07.19-
Health
To celebrate World Zoonoses Day, marked annually on 6 July, we take a look at…
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Pause, reflect, learn, adapt
04.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Land restoration targets and commitments have been set at global, regional, national and local level…
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United States and Mali launch five-year partnership for food security and livelihood resilience
03.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Written by Assoumane Maiga Beneficiary Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talks with the Malian minister of a…
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IITA joins call for a global surveillance system to detect and halt the spread of crop disease
03.07.19-
Food security
A team of researchers has argued in Science that as nations collaborate to detect and stop human…
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Understanding farmers’ willingness to pay for root, tuber and banana crop planting material
02.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Experimental auctions reveal the true willingness of farmers to pay (WTP) for various farming inputs…
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Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim
02.07.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Note: Join us July 10 as the authors and other participants discuss their survey of…
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Making irrigation technology more affordable in Ethiopia
02.07.19-
Food security
“We will give due attention to the agricultural sector to bring about a fundamental change,…
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Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers
02.07.19-
Food security
Originally published on The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as part of the Uncharted Waters blog…
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