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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-
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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-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Three new farmer-preferred sorghum varieties released in Malawi
18.01.19-
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Three new improved sorghum varieties have been released in Malawi after extensive trials. Pilira 3,…
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Pop sorghum, doughnuts and hammer mills: Nigerian teens see the fun side of agriculture
04.01.19-
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
If the teenagers studying in a secondary school in Nigeria ever thought that agriculture was…
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Decoding increased disease and insect-pest attacks on crops
04.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT reaches out to farmers in four Indian states With an aim to record the…
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Promoting dual-purpose sorghum and vegetable sack gardens for better nutrition in Mali
28.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Demonstration of improved, dual-purpose sorghum varieties and an innovative method called vegetable …
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Three new UN resolutions focus on plant health, pulses and food safety
28.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
The United Nations General Assembly has declared two new ‘International Days’ and one ‘Year’…
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Odisha to move beyond paddy, to focus on millets and legumes
24.12.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Odisha plans to diversify its agriculture beyond popular cash crops with emphasis on legumes and…
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Making smallholder farmers more secure: ICRISAT’s contribution to climate research
11.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As nations from around the globe debate the impacts of climate change and discuss sustainable…
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Three weeks to make tastier, healthier crop residues for animal feed
23.11.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A 21-day treatment process to improve the nutritive value as well as taste of crop…
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How ICRISAT saved a lifetime’s worth of water over just three years
23.11.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT-Patancheru has been saving over 100,000 liters of potable water every day since 2015. That…
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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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New methods in implementing an irrigation scheme bring notable impact
16.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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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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Jakunbe: New sorghum variety making a difference in lives of Burkina Faso farmers
16.11.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
An improved, early-maturing sorghum variety is helping farmers in Burkina Faso attain nutritional an…
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Is the world prepared to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? What role do…
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Boosting confidence in farm innovations – Simulating impact with systems modelling tools
09.11.18-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Can farm earnings be estimated before doing anything on the ground? A new tool promises…
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New ways to engage farmers through social entrepreneurs
09.11.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new initiative has begun to better support value chains where farmers’ welfare is one…
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How we work to ensure pest-free exchange of plant genetic resources
09.11.18-
Food security
Phytosanitation – prevention of introduction of plant pests into new areas – is critical to…
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A framework to identify suitable on-farm approaches to combat climate change
09.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Comparing ‘climate smart’ agricultural strategies just became easier. A framework that can lead …
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