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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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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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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Google Blog: Analyzing 3K rice genomes characterized by DeepVariant
21.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The 3,000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP) is a collaborative, international research program that has…
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Trainings in climate services for agriculture reach all of Rwanda
21.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The human body can predict. You can look to the sky and know it will…
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New publications: Biofortification of maize with provitamin A can reduce aflatoxin load
20.03.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Aflatoxins are harmful compounds that are produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus, which can be f…
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We can provide economic incentives to address organic waste, IWMI/WLE tells Colombo business forum
20.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Much of the developing world, including Sri Lanka, is facing an organic waste challenge, but…
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Optima Soy Africa launched to scale up production and commercialization of industrial soybean varieties
20.03.19-
Food security
Heralding a significant milestone for soybean research in Africa, the recent launch of the Optima…
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A CCAFS-informed public-private partnership reaches 300,000 farmers with climate information
20.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana continuously witness alarming poverty rates…
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Four Surprising Ways Mode and Gender Can Transform Your Survey Data
19.03.19-
Big data
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Health
Mobile data collection technologies are increasingly being used to collect data remotely. However, t…
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From food security to nutrition security in India: A food systems perspective
19.03.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
To understand the causes of malnutrition, we need to look at people’s diets, where they…
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Food for thought from Sri Lanka on World Water Day 2019
19.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
How farmers have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation. Except…
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Vietnam adopts pre-emptive measures in the Mekong River Delta against El Niño
19.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In the Mekong River Delta (MRD), over 1.7 million hectares of land are being used…
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Stakeholders meet discusses solutions to unshackle Myanmar’s groundnut value chain
18.03.19-
Food security
Why does an ageing variety command 20% of land under groundnut cultivation? How can existing…
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Direct Seeded Rice Consortium convenes first annual meeting to advance partnerships for more sustainable, environment-friendly rice systems
15.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
14 March 2019, IRRI Headquarters ~ The Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), a multi-stakeholder res…
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Who sits at the table? Policy, people, and potatoes in Kenya
13.03.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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Solving the “last mile” challenge of maize seeds
13.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Agrodealers play a pivotal role in delivering the gains of the green revolution to millions…
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Who sits at the table? Policy, people, and potatoes in Kenya
13.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
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Gender equality
Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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Palm oil’s complex land conflicts
13.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
In an ideal world, palm oil production would cause no deforestation, and have a transparent…
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Small investment, Big results!
13.03.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
How village savings and loans groups, orange fleshed sweetpotato and the Triple-S innovation are emp…
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Sustainable land use systems: A way to help achieve Colombia’s climate change mitigation and peacebuilding goals
12.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Colombia has set ambitious targets to mitigate climate change and achieve stability. One promising a…
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