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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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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-
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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The Region of Opportunities: Sustainable Finance in Africa
12.09.23By: Godefroy Grosjean Last week, more than 3,000 delegates, including several African presidents, mi…
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Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability
12.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
According to the study just published in Nature Communications, additional climate and biodiversity …
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IRRI receives Google support to apply AI for climate resilient rice development
12.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Leveraging the International Rice Genebank collection for a food-secure future LOS BANOS, LAGUNA, PH…
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The Scaling Scan — launch of 3rd edition
12.09.23-
Big data
How many times have we seen innovative ideas launched into the marketplace, seeming to offer…
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Digitizing the gender: transformative and integrated Agriculture-Nutrition-Marketing interventions for efficient extension and communication services in Northern Ghana
11.09.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In the ever-evolving landscape of rural extension and community development, adopting digital data c…
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Promising yam bacteria can enhance African food security
11.09.23In a collaborative effort, IITA–CGIAR and the Tokyo University of Agriculture (Tokyo NODAI) sc…
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Count on me for youth in agribusiness revolution – Chief Obasanjo
11.09.23The former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Oluseg…
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Farmers sensitized on sustainable seed yam production
11.09.23IITA and its partner, the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), are advocating the applicati…
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IITA presents cross-cutting innovations at Malawi agriculture fair
11.09.23“I particularly came to seek more information on how to venture into soybean farming, for…
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IITA, Exchange VZW, and HORTINET collaborate on banana clean seed production toward import reduction in Malawi
11.09.23With an estimated annual consumption of 453,000 metric tons, bananas are important to Malawi. Theref…
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President Bio appoints IITA alum Dr Henry Musa Kpaka to lead Sierra Leone’s agricultural transformation
11.09.23IITA alumnus Dr Henry Musa Kpaka has been appointed by President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra…
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Lasting support guaranteed for the conservation of sub-Saharan Africa’s crop diversity
11.09.23Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 7 September 2023 – The future of some of Africa’s most beloved…
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From politician to climate-smart coffee farmer: The Kate Nakimuli story
11.09.23Meet Kate Nakimuli, a determined widow in Luweero District who used to be a sub-county…
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IRRI receives recognition from MARD for its successful organization of AGRITECHNICA ASIA Live 2022
11.09.237 September 2023 - For its contributions to the success of AGRITECHNICA ASIA Live 2022,…
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Use of digital tools in sustainable rice production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
11.09.23A review of the digital ecosystem in the rice value chain in Vietnam reports a…
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Cutting edge technology for Egyptian Farmers
10.09.23Two field days were organized in Egypt to introduce farmers to cutting-edge multi-seed planter model…
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Our condolences to the people of Morocco after the recent earthquake
10.09.23Statement by Aly Abousabaa, Director General ICARDA, and CGIAR Regional Director, CWANA Our heartfel…
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Challenging the status quo : How bottom-up Disruptive Seeds can transform Guatemala's food systems
08.09.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Read the blog post in Spanish here. In light of the current climate crisis, we…
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