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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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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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The Kugwiza Project: Transforming agriculture in Burundi
14.06.24Bujumbura, Burundi –11 June 2024 – The Great Lakes Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative …
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Soy Excellence Center seeks collaborative efforts for food security
14.06.24Intending to explore possible areas of partnership expansion and contribute to food security in Nige…
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Successful biological control of mango mealybug in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda
14.06.24In the 1990s and 2000s, the exotic mango mealybug, Rastrococcus invadens, was effectively controlle…
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IITA Board visits youth agripreneurs office as Vice-President Shettima applauds IYA’s impact
14.06.24At the just-concluded IITA Board meeting in Abuja, the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) received the …
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IITA and World Bank collaborate on empowering women and youth in Nigeria
14.06.24To advance existing partnership efforts in youth empowerment, capacity development, and food systems…
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IITA and SAA strengthen collaboration to drive agricultural innovation
14.06.24In a strategic effort to strengthen the collaboration between IITA–CGIAR and Sasakawa Africa As…
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“With science, we can”: Radio IITA celebrates Children’s Day
14.06.24Radio IITA joined the global community in celebrating this year’s Children’s Day event. The day…
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Cameroon program graduates second cohort of ENABLE Youth agripreneurs
14.06.24The ENABLE Youth Cameroon (EYC) program aims to train 1,536 young Cameroonians—targeting 40% femal…
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A leap toward modern data management: IITA cowpea breeding program trains in EBS
14.06.24The cowpea breeding program at IITA Kano Station participated in a four-day training on the Enterp…
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CGIAR FAIR ERG workshop: Empowerment against racism
14.06.24On 16 May, the CGIAR Forum Against Inequality and Racism (FAIR) Employee-led Resource Group hosted…
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Eniosa-Irepodun Farmers and CICS launch of 15 million naira building fund at fourth-anniversary celebrations
14.06.24The Eniosa-Irepodun Farmers and CICS marked their fourth anniversary with a significant milestone: l…
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PICAGL unveils project results in DRC
14.06.24As an implementing partner in the provinces of Sud-Kivu and Tanganyika in eastern DRC, IITA–CGIAR…
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Defending East Africa against banana bunchy top disease
31.05.24With recent outbreaks in Tanzania and Uganda, banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) emerged as a…
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Advancing biotechnology in Africa: Reflections from Kenya and Zambia
31.05.24In a concerted effort to advance agricultural biotechnology in Africa, IITA, the University of Cali…
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Leading IITA scientist Rony Swennen receives global recognition for plant science and agronomy research
31.05.24IITA-CGIAR Banana Breeder Rony Swennen has emerged as the 411th best scientist in Plant Science a…
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90% SAH plantlet survival rate boosting cassava seed availability in Rwanda
31.05.24Rwanda’s cassava sector has faced significant challenges over the years, primarily due to the deva…
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Toward breeding a better future for cowpea farmers and consumers
31.05.24On 16 May, the IITA Kano Station hosted a one-day meeting organized by the Cowpea Breeding Team…
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ENABLE-TAAT trains over 240 Zimbabwean youths, targets more African youth
31.05.24The ENABLE-TAAT project of IITA has provided agribusiness training for no fewer than 249 youths …
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