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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Gender equality, youth & social inclusion

During the Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climate Summit, CGIAR announced that it is prepa…

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Kano farmers trained on the use of seed planters to reduce drudgery

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Mechanization has been recognized as an essential factor in agriculture development efforts to save …

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YABIC Mbalmayo commences pork sausage production

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The sausage production pilot enterprise of YABIC Mbalmayo is one of the 30 pilot enterprises…

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AFR100 reforestation sponsor commends IITA Forest Center’s reforestation expertise

IITA Forest Center emerged one of the first 100 cohort members of the African Forest Landscape Res…

Enumerators interviewing a mobile vendor who travels from Vietnam to Cambodia every day to sell vegetables in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by Shreya Chitnavis, WorldFish.

Deltaic Food Systems: A critical juncture for rural food vendors in Cambodia

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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Home to 177 million people – 36 percent of them poor and vulnerable – the…

Videos for behavior change: Evidence on improving diets in Ethiopia

21.08.23

Nutrition, health & food security

Worldwide, one in three people is affected by malnutrition. Hundreds of millions of people suffer…

Uganda: Refugee, host communities find relief and stability in Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato

20.08.23

The post Uganda: Refugee, host communities find relief and stability in Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato a…

Reaching humanitarian and neglected places with the nutritious and resilient sweetpotato: The case of the Cyclone Idai in Manica and Sofala Provinces, Mozambique

19.08.23

The post Reaching humanitarian and neglected places with the nutritious and resilient sweetpotato: T…

Madagascar: Anti-malnutrition initiative targeting drought-affected populations exceeds expectations in 18 months

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

19.08.23

After a four-year drought and repeated cycles of food crises that left hundreds of thousands…

Is Ethiopia missing a golden opportunity for addressing hidden hunger? The opportunities and challenges of biofortification

18.08.23

Nutrition

by Taddese Zerfu, Fantu Bachewe, Tirsit Genye, Meron Girma, Aregash Samuel, James Warmer, and Cornel…

Capacity-building workshops in East Africa help strengthen partnerships and create new ones

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

18.08.23

Food security

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (18 August 2023) – The local rice supply in Burundi and in the…

Relief group travels hundreds of kilometers to feed school children in Cameroon, braving roadblocks to grow orange-fleshed sweetpotato in conflict-affected areas

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Nutrition
Nutrition, health & food security

Two humanitarian staff recount their two-day road trip in the Northwest conflict-stricken region of …

Woman smallholder farmer and her buffalo at fertility clinic in Sunsari, Nepal. (ILRI / Nils Teufel)

Buffalo dairy value chain in Nepal showing symptoms of change

CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

On 20 July 2023, a team from the CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity (SAPLING)…

Inclusive Agribusiness: Transforming the Landscape for Women and Youth in Agriculture

CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems

Gender equality, youth & social inclusion

In Africa, women's contributions to agriculture are immense, as they form the largest share of…

CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+) supports the International Forum of Low-emission Agrifood Systems launched in Beijing

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Mitigation

By Ziqian Song On July 4, 2023, the launch meeting of the International Forum of…

Sowing Seeds of Resilience: Transforming Kenya's Makueni County with Climate-smart Agriculture

Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

Climate adaptation & mitigation

As a country with arid and semi-arid land, the effects of climate change put food…

Social incentive nudges decrease prosocial behavior and diffusion of agricultural innovations in Uganda

Impact Assessment has traditionally played an accountability role in the CGIAR, providing evidence o…

Haiti: Improving the sweetpotato seed system in a challenging humanitarian environment