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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
10.11.25-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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Grounding AI in practice: What extension gets wrong, what extension gets right, and what AI can learn
26.08.25By Kristin Davis, Eliot Jones-Garcia, and Niyati Singaraju August 26, 2025 Generative artificial i…
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Strengthening environmental impact and policy monitoring, and partnerships for rangelands advocacy
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
Rangelands are vast and often overlooked ecosystems, spanning over half the Earth's land surface. Th…
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Financing the transition. Takeaways from the II EU–LAC Agri-Food Dialogue on strategies and instruments to promote sustainable livestock
26.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Driven by the AL-INVEST Verde Program and funded by the EU, the EU-Latin America and…
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Youth participation key to food security and agricultural innovation – IITA DG
25.08.25IITA–CGIAR Director General, Dr Simeon Ehui, has emphasized that youth involvement is crucial to…
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What is Enable, the new coordination engine supporting CGIAR crop breeding?
25.08.25By Biswanath Das, Enable Area of Work Lead, CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow ENABLE is the…
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Empowering plant protection agencies to combat devastating potato pest in Africa
25.08.25IITA–CGIAR is empowering National Plant Protection organizations in Africa to effectively detect …
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Promoting sustainable agricultural practices: IITA and BNARI train Ghana Prisons Service on BSF technology
25.08.25The Black Soldier Fly production unit, established in Kofisah, hosted a training session on the…
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Revolutionary yam seed technology to boost yield by 40% in Ondo state
25.08.25Nigeria and the rest of Africa is facing mounting food security challenges, like a lot…
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Safeguarding forest elephants: Rangers and communities lead conservation in Nigeria’s Omo Forest
25.08.25The Omo Forest Reserve, an important biodiversity hotspot in Southwest Nigeria, is home to endange…
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IITA strengthens ties with India at Evergreen Revolution 2.0 Conference
25.08.25To mark the 100th birth anniversary of the late Professor M. S. Swaminathan — a…
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Scaling up High-Quality Cassava Peel technology for livestock in Rwanda
25.08.25Rwanda’s livestock farmers are grappling with rising feed costs, particularly maize-based ingredie…
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IITA partners with GCA for phase two of the SAPZ project in Nigeria
25.08.25As part of the mission dedicated to championing climate-resilient agri-food systems and ensuring foo…
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CGIAR Representation in the IPCC AR7 Grows Significantly
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Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
CGIAR’s participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has expanded markedl…
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QBMS 2.0: Advancing Data Integration for Modern Plant Breeding
25.08.25QBMS 2.0 streamlines access to breeding data, integrating field, pedigree, and genotyping informatio…
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Potatoes bred at The James Hutton Institute will help to battle a major pest in Kenya
25.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from The James Hutton Institute have introduced two new potato varieties to Kenya, which…
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Why accelerating climate change mitigation is critical for food and nutrition security
25.08.25As developing countries follow their vision for development, they face a dilemma that may threaten…
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Banana farmers in Piura face the hidden cost of Fusarium TR4: The potential to wipe out their livelihoods
25.08.25More than four years have passed since the first signs of Fusarium Tropical Race 4…
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Mainstreaming nutrition in CGIAR breeding: X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) services ready to scale
25.08.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
Reducing global undernutrition remains one of CGIAR’s most pressing opportunities for impact. For …
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