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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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PROSSIVA takes field trials to rural areas in Nigeria
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)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
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)09.10.23-
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
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)08.10.23In rural Nigeria, where yam farming is a way of life, a group of women…
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SISCA highlights seed regulation merits in DRC
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)08.10.23Following the recommendations from previous training on Seed Business, IITA–CGIAR, through its pr…
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“Future of agriculture in good hands” as Gombe State University students tour IITA Kano Station
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)08.10.23Gombe State University students from the Department of Botany embarked on a field trip to…
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50 extension officers in Togo trained to strengthen the extension system and boost cassava and rice production
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)08.10.23Attaining Zero Hunger in any country will be a mirage without a strong extension system. IITA–CGI…
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New partners introduced to EiA tools
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)08.10.23On 21 August, the IITA–CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) team hosted a partner’s interactive …
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ICARDA's ongoing 2030 Strategic Plan Review - In Lebanon with National Partners and the ICARDA Board
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)08.10.23The updated ICARDA 2030 strategic plan is set to launch early next year. Having progressed…
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Mitigate+ at GLF Nairobi 2023: A focus on promising pathways and incentives toward low-emission food systems
CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems07.10.23-
Mitigation
What are some of the low-cost, accessible and straightforward options that will allow countries in…
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