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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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ICRISAT Signs Agreement to Join One CGIAR Partnership
10.10.23Integrated partnership delivers science and innovation for a food- and nutrition-secure future. Bonn…
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Jordan's Water Vision 2033 takes shape at "A Year of Modernization" forum
10.10.23Integrated solutions plan aims to strengthen management and governance of the country’s water reso…
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Empowering Youth and Women through Forage Business in Western Kenya: Lessons from the Grass2Cash Project
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Whereas agriculture is identified as a key sector to deliver economic growth in the Kenyan…
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MTU explores agriculture and circular economy collaboration with IITA
09.10.23A delegation from the Mountain Top University (MTU) paid an exploratory visit to IITA–CGIAR he…
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Dutch Ambassador visits IITA to support Youth in Agribusiness
09.10.23Following the recent partnership between IITA–CGIAR and the government of the Netherlands for th…
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IITA increases graduates’ contribution to Biotechnology
09.10.23Biotechnology is developing rapidly with enormous potential to address global concerns, including fo…
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PROSSIVA takes field trials to rural areas in Nigeria
09.10.23To advance agriculture and improve food security in Nigeria, IITA–CGIAR continues its field demo…
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Research is vital to create a just and resilient agri-food system: President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
CGIAR and ICAR play pivotal roles in guiding research, policies and investments towards better and…
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In Memory of Peter G. Jones, a Pioneering and Visionary Scientist in Climate Change
09.10.23The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT acknowledges the lifelong contributions of the res…
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Status quo and challenges of rice production in sub-Saharan Africa
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Food security
Significant efforts in agronomic research for development have been undertaken to address the challe…
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Before disaster strikes: Preparing for complex emergencies with anticipatory action
09.10.23Enhancing disaster preparedness and building resilience in fragile settings requires fostering a dee…
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Africa Climate Summit outlines agricultural development strategy to mitigate the pending food crisis
08.10.23Following the recent African Food Summit in Nairobi, CGTN Africa interviewed Dr Enock Chikava, t…
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ATAC project trains Ministries of research and agriculture agents on seed production techniques
08.10.23A training on seed production techniques, management of diseases, pests, and weeds of cassava, corn,…
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Study unveils Cas-CLOVER as a highly efficient genome editing technology in banana
08.10.23In a landmark development for agricultural biotechnology, a pioneering study conducted by the Biotec…
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Africa’s food security: Empowering smallholder farmers to boost maize productivity
08.10.23Despite being Africa’s most important crop, providing about 30% of energy intake across the contin…
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Young STEM scientists from IITA featured in the DW News documentary
08.10.23DW News program, “The 77 Percent,” recently featured young scientists from the IITA–CGIAR Ke…
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GAIN applauds IITA for improved farmer knowledge of orange-fleshed sweet potato
08.10.23A Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) team recently visited a farmer-led demonstration p…
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Introducing women to new seed propagation method in yam farming
08.10.23In rural Nigeria, where yam farming is a way of life, a group of women…
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