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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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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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YAS hosts Dutch food and nutrition team
06.05.24The Youth in Agribusiness: Enabling scaling of innovative technologies for sustainable food solution…
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EAFF AICCRA launches collaborative call for farmer-led climate adaptation stories
06.05.24The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research f…
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IITA trains stakeholders on the power of molecular markers in banana breeding and seed systems
06.05.24Genetic purity is one of the utmost requirements for quality seeds. In bananas, the penalty…
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IITA-CGIAR open doors of collaboration to CIPESS delegates
06.05.24A delegation from the Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (CIPE…
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Unlocking agricultural potential: IFC and IITA’s response to industrial agricultural transformation
06.05.24Nigeria has faced a distressing trend in cassava and soybean production within the subsistence farmi…
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Exchange program empowers young entrepreneurs from the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda
06.05.24In line with the mandate of the PICAGL integrated agricultural growth project in the Grand-Lakes…
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IITA Gender Science Network (GSN): advancing gender, youth, and social inclusion research in Africa’s agriculture
06.05.24IITA–CGIAR is dedicated to advancing gender, youth, and social inclusion agricultural research in…
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Conference tackles postharvest loss and food safety in Nigeria
06.05.24The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), under the leadership of Professor Lateef S…
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Consortium to Launch Fertilizer and Soil Health Hub for West Africa and the Sahel at the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit
05.05.24The Fertilizer and Soil Health Hub for West Africa and the Sahel will officially launch…
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Full diplomatic status to boost research and food security efforts in Zambia
22.04.24-
Food security
In a major development that will change the research and food security efforts of IITA–CGIAR in …
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Enhancing food safety by adopting postharvest technologies: A case study of PICS bags in Tanzania
22.04.24-
Food security
Postharvest loss has been a significant threat to achieving food security and safety in most…
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Strengthening agricultural development in Cameroon through stakeholder engagement
22.04.24-
Food security
IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, met wi…
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Joint comprehensive strategies to combat banana bunchy top outbreak in East Africa
22.04.24-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The invasion of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), the causal agent of the lethal bunchy…
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Lagos Food Fair features products from YAS beneficiaries
22.04.24-
Food security
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Youth
The Youth in Agribusiness: Enabling scaling of innovative technologies for sustainable food solution…
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Empowering women in science: IITA’s impact on academic and career paths
22.04.24-
Gender equality
Over the years, IITA–CGIAR has invested significantly in the academic pursuits of science studen…
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Transforming agriculture in Kenya: ENABLE TAAT at the Kilimo Biashara Expo 2024
17.04.24-
Food security
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
During the 2024 Kilimo Biashara Expo, the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT…
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Size matters in seeding success: small packs drive market penetration for improved seed
17.04.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Small tends to be underrated. Yet, it can be tremendously successful. Initially skeptical, market ac…
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Amplifying TAAT’s impact: Driving agricultural advancements through the Demand Strategy Stakeholder workshop in Abuja
17.04.24-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In March, stakeholders from various sectors converged in Abuja, Nigeria, for the Demand Strategy Sta…
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