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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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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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Hon'ble President of India to Inaugurate International Conference on Just and Resilient Agri-Food Systems
06.10.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Hon'ble President of India, Her Excellency Smt. Droupadi Murmu, will inaugurate the international re…
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Survey Watch: Actionable Research to Inform Rehabilitation and Rebuilding of Livelihoods in Conflict Affected Communities in Ethiopia
05.10.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
The recent conflicts in Ethiopia have caused massive displacements, loss of lives and livelihoods. I…
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Sustainable cassava seed system on show at AGRF 2023
05.10.23On 7 September, IITA–CGIAR convened sixty-eight cassava value chain stakeholders to showcase the…
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Lasting support guaranteed for the conservation of sub-Saharan Africa’s crop diversity
05.10.23The future of some of Africa’s most beloved staple crops, including important legumes was sealed…
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Tanzanian President and IITA to strengthen cooperation in agriculture and other sectors
05.10.23An IITA delegation led by IITA Goodwill Ambassador Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and IITA Director Gener…
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Strengthening partnerships for food systems in Africa
05.10.23IITA–CGIAR played a key role at the just concluded Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) hosted in T…
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CGIAR centers and partners showcase innovations at AGRF pre-summit
05.10.23IITA-CGIAR led the organization of a field visit, which hosted about 150 participants for the Afric…
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Excitement as IITA Tanzania receives Director General in first visit
05.10.23On 8 September, the quiet routine of the IITA Eastern Africa Hub office was replaced with lively…
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Generous contribution by GIZ-BMZ empowers smallholder farmers through crop breeding modernization grants
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Nutrition, health & food security
In a stride towards enhancing breeding modernization and supporting smallholder farmers, the Federa…
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How does promoting modern seed varieties impact forest conservation?
05.10.23-
Environmental health
BY TANGUY BERNARD, SYLVIE LAMBERT, KAREN MACOURS, AND MARGAUX VINEZ OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Modern…
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Moving from gender policies to gender equality in the South Asian energy sector
05.10.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Across South Asia, gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) are widely acknowledged as vital pill…
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Developing gender responsive water monitoring information system to mitigate drought risks in pastoral areas.
05.10.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Water is the basis of life. It is essential to the existence and health of…
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FAO and IWMI’s milestone book gives actionable guidelines on water quality for agriculture
05.10.23-
Environmental health
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) …
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In sub-Saharan Africa, mineral fertilisation and agroecology are not incompatible
05.10.23The world has been dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change such…
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Strengthening Capacity of Extension Officers in Gender-responsive Bean Research, Digital Extension and Agribusiness, in Laikipia and Nyeri Counties, Kenya
05.10.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The training was attended by 16 officers (5 men and 11 women). This was done…
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Uganda biobanking training launches new initiative to preserve Africa’s indigenous chicken
04.10.23-
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Nutrition, health & food security
Twenty-five scientists from eastern and central Africa have benefitted from training to identify, is…
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ASEAN and CGIAR to Launch Joint Program on Accelerating Innovation in Agri-Food Systems
04.10.23-
Food security
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The ASEAN-CGIAR Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security Regional Program w…
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Animal Day: Five Freedoms to care the Fauna
04.10.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
For about 200,000 years, since humans became the dominant species, we have made many transformations…
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