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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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Delivering more with less: Subnational service provision in low capacity states
28.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The new paper examines how subnational variation in capacity affects access to agricultural extensio…
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Nations urged to accelerate efforts to wipe out hunger and malnutrition
28.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
With hunger and obesity on the rise, a global forum aims to catalyze urgent action…
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Ambitious steps to control climate change may pose food security risks in the near term
27.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
The world faces a series of mounting challenges if it is to head off impacts…
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RTB Annual Meeting 2018: “Staying the best”
26.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The annual meeting for the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) took…
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What I learned from playing with Lego on the job
26.11.18-
Food security
Agricultural social science research is such an interesting job. When you get into exploratory diagn…
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This week: A global event on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
26.11.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
This week 28–30 Nov 2018 in Bangkok A senior delegation from the International Livestock Research…
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Tanzania registers AflasafeTZ—the effective technology to combat aflatoxin
22.11.18-
Food security
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Health
The eagerly awaited registration of AfasafeTZ by the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute in Tanza…
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In Africa, more not fewer people will work in agriculture
21.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Many people in Sub-Saharan Africa still work in agriculture; on average, over half of the…
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Strategic simplification to create healthy and sustainable food systems in an urbanizing world
21.11.18-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Food systems are shaped by consumption and demand—we need to always keep this in mind.…
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NEW STUDY: Urbanization associated with lower rates of child stunting but higher rates of obesity among women
20.11.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Washington, D.C: Urbanization is changing the landscape of health and nutrition in Africa, and in…
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ColdHubs: Addressing the crucial problem of food loss in Nigeria with solar-powered refrigeration
20.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For the young tomato farmer from Kano in northern Nigeria, Ahmed, the clock starts ticking…
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Breeding improved cassava varieties that women and men want
20.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Understanding gender differences in trait preferences for cassava can accelerate adoption as this kn…
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Seminar: Climate change mitigation and the future of food and agriculture
19.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
This seminar on Nov 20, organized jointly by CGIAR and the World Bank, will discuss…
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Animal-sourced foods are vital to combating malnutrition and stunting in the developing world
19.11.18-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
When poorly nourished children in developing countries fall behind in their physical growth and be…
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Cash Transfers coupled with Behavior Change Communication sustainably reduce violence against women
16.11.18-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is pervasive globally, with estimates showing that one in three adul…
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The SDGs on Zero Hunger and Clean Water and Sanitation can’t be achieved without each other, so where do we start?
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Health
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Nutrition
The 2015-2030 period has become a crucial time for progress in global sustainable development: The …
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New methods in implementing an irrigation scheme bring notable impact
16.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Efficient water use, higher crop yields and improved farmer incomes Impacts of huge investments in…
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Significant progress in pearl millet pre-breeding to develop drought- and blast-resistant varieties
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Efforts to develop pearl millet with improved resistance to drought and blast disease recently got…
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